‘No one is going to tell me how to parent’: Mother fined over children’s 500-day school absence (opens original article in a new tab)

A Dublin mother was fined €300 for her children's prolonged school absences, with the court finding no valid reasons and noting the children's educational and developmental deficits.

• A Dublin mother was fined €300 for her children's 500-day school absence
• The children missed 292 days (son) and 217 days (daughter) without valid reasons
• The court found the mother showed no engagement with schools or authorities
• The judge noted the children's literacy levels were in the lower 10% for their age