Galway Bay fm newsroom – A woman has been jailed for four years for the neglect and cruelty of seven of her children in the west of Ireland between 2006 and 2011.
The father of two of her children was spared a prison sentence after pleading guilty to five counts of assault and neglect at Galway circuit court.
The woman’s children once again found themselves in the same room as their abusive mother – a woman who, in the words of one of her sons, used him as a punching bag when he was 7.
But this time there were no leather belts, wooden spoons or back-scratchers to beat them with. She was surrounded by Gardai and lawyers. Her victims by loving foster families.
The seven children were taken into care in 2011 and several still carry feelings of abandonment, inadequacy and fear towards their mother.
Aside from taking regular beatings, they often went without food and would be left in the care of strangers while she went drinking.
Before jailing her for four years, Judge Karen O’Connor described the “atmosphere of fear and brutality” she created and the lack of remorse she’s shown.
The 39-year-old kept her bowed throughout and made very little reaction as she was being led away.
Her former partner was handed a fully suspended sentence after admitting to assaulting three of her children, and neglecting two children he had with her.
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