The child’s mother is still before the courts.

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has also indicated that a retrial will not be sought.

The court heard that the six children, then aged between eight years old and 10 months, were taken into care in January 2020. The woman has since had another child

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that a 35-year-old man, who cannot be named in order to protect the identity of his child, pleaded guilty to one count of child neglect at a location in the Dublin 15 area on October 21st, 2023

He said he had been drinking and could not remember where he left the car and that his daughter was inside.