Galway Bay fm newsroom – A mother who neglected and abused her children in the west of Ireland will be sentenced at Galway courthouse next week.
The woman was due to be sentenced yesterday, but the sentencing has been adjourned.
In January, the 39 year old woman, who can’t be named for legal reasons, was found guilty of regularly beating and abandoning seven of her children between 2006 and 2011.
Galway Circuit Criminal Court heard that one of the woman’s sons felt his life wasn’t worth living when he was 7 years old.
A psychological report found one of her daughter’s still has feelings of ‘betrayal and abandonment’ and is hopeless about her future.
Some of the children described having suicidal thoughts as a result of the neglect and physical abuse suffered during the years they spent living in various addresses in the west of Ireland.
She was convicted of 29 offences in January.
The father of two of her children pleaded guilty to five.
He took the stand to express his remorse.
The court heard he used to tell the children to pretend he was beating them to appease their mother.
Sentences will be handed down next Monday.
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