'She chose drugs, strange men, and violence over me': Cork mother avoids jail over child cruelty

Court hears mother chose to indulge her addiction rather than look after her children

Judge Dermot Sheehan imposed a total sentence of two and a half years suspended at Cork Circuit Criminal Court.

A woman put her hands to her face and wept as she was spared a jail sentence in what the judge described as an extremely serious child cruelty case where she betrayed her two daughters.

Judge Dermot Sheehan imposed a total sentence of two and a half years suspended at Cork Circuit Criminal Court. The only reason the accused, aged 41, cannot be named is because the victims cannot be identified under the Children’s Act.