Conditional discharge for woman who 'hit social worker a slap' outside Clonakilty court 

The woman said she did partly blame the social worker for her children being removed from her care and she had made a complaint about him and other Tusla social workers prior to the incident

Clonakilty District Court heard that the woman had been in Clonakilty Courthouse on September 25 last and had left the building at approximately 12.45pm, after an order had been made which removed her two children from her care. File photo: Dan Linehan

A woman who assaulted a social worker outside a courthouse by "hitting him a slap" with an A4 notepad has received a conditional discharge.

Judge James McNulty said that while the assault on social worker Jimmy Rohan was of a minor nature, had gardaí not prosecuted it would have been a "dereliction of duty".