Chronic alcoholic who ignored his child's pleas for help with dead mother is jailed

Court heard both parents were heavy drinkers and after the woman collapsed, the man continued drinking despite his 11-year-old daughter begging her father for help with her mother

The 45-year-old man pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to two charges of child cruelty on dates in 2020.

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A chronic alcoholic who ignored his 11-year-old daughter’s pleas for assistance for her mother who lay dead in their apartment for up to four days during a covid-19 lockdown has been jailed.