A MAN who was verbally abusive towards a garda sergeant when he moved to seize his car was fined €300 after he was convicted of several public order charge.
Parents of Limerick schoolchildren fined over school absences
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THE parents of two siblings who missed nearly two thirds of all school days before the Covid-19 pandemic have each been fined €1,000,
Proceedings against the mother and father were initiated by Tusla over 12 months ago before the first closure of schools.
At Newcastle West Court, solicitor Peter Sherry said there was some improvement in the children’s attendance when schools reopened last August but that there was still a 37% rate of absenteeism.
Solicitor Michael O’Donnell said his client are making an effort and that a lot of the absences late last year were “related to Covid issues”