Baby left alone overnight in graveyard in Kerry

This is the latest on it. It appears the mother felt unwell and left leaving the baby in the care of a relative. I'm not sure what I think about it all, I personally can't see how I would be comfortable leaving a baby at a party if I felt unwell and had to leave It would be natural to bring the baby with me, however I wouldn't be at a party at night with a 4 month old baby in the first place. I just hope the feeling unwell wasn't another way to say she was drunk. As then I would see her as being responsible but is there any way of knowing.

Jesus, thats shocking. Hopefully there are no corners cut on this and the child's safety is prioritised.

How in the world is this child still with its mother

It used be Goths that hung around graveyards all night, must be a "cultural" thing as well.

So mother feels unwell, and leaves baby with someone else. Why not take your baby home? What is a baby going to get out of an all night graveyard thing?

@boombang wrote:

I'm not aware of (open to correction) any other cultural groups in Ireland that commemorate the anniversary of someone's death with a large ceremony at the graveside. There may often be a trip to the grave to lay flowers, but Travellers are the only group I'm aware of who set up camp at the graveside for the whole day and involve music, drinking, etc.

I'm not making any judgements on that practice itself (I personally think an uplifting celebration is better than a dour affair), just saying that I've never heard of anyone except travellers doing it.

Tusla

'' give me the BABY!!!''

Judge

''fck off out of it, give baby back to family''

Correct call, crazy mistake of those involved, but it happens 1000s of times a day, people leaving a baby in a car, or shop,

I'm sorry, this does not happen thousands of times a day, that babies are forgotten outside at drinking session in a graveyard.

Never mind her getting back the child, she should be jailed for neglect.

Well, survival of the fittest…

There is a difference between a 4 month old baby and an 8 yr old child.

Is there actually such a thing as a TYPICAL “Oops I forgot my child” incident?

I don’t think there actually is.

What appears to have happened in this particular case was an unfortunate misunderstanding, and the Judge being aware of the facts denied Tusla’s application to take the child into temporary care.

It’s not unreasonable to surmise that the Judge saw no need for such drastic action and determined that it wouldn’t be in the child’s best interests to grant the application.

Judge made the right call IMO.

You would be surprised at how often kids are left behind. By all means not uncommon.

More than happy to disagree about the judges decision. Neither of us know the full facts but to me it wasn't a simple misunderstanding.

The only thing that surprises me is anyone claiming it’s in any way a common occurrence under any circumstances that children are left behind. It’s incredibly rare that it happens, and incredibly unfortunate when it happens.

It’s true that neither of us know the full facts of the case, but the Judge does, and the Judge in this particular case having heard all the evidence presented determined that it wasn’t in the child’s best interests to grant the application to Tusla.

It’s on that basis that I’m saying the Judge made the right call. Granting the application to have the child taken into temporary care wouldn’t undo what had already happened.

I assume you are taking the pi$$?

Who takes their 4-month-old to a party until 2am?

Who has a party in a graveyard (other than very underage teenagers)?

Who doesn't bring their 4-month-old baby home with them rather than leave them with someone else?