Crèche owner leaves three-year-old boy behind in a park. The fine? Just €1,200

IT was every parent’s nightmare. When Denise McGrane went to collect her three-year-old son from the crèche she was told Nathan had been taken on an impromptu trip to the local park.

She waited for her son, watching with growing unease as the other children arrived in the care of two members of staff, including Nathan's teacher, Deirdre Fahy. But Nathan was missing.

Ms McGrane asked Ms Fahy where Nathan was and the teacher "started panicking". The two women ran back to Fairview Park.