Media barred from naming mother who smothered child

A woman was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the High Court of murdering her three-year-old daughter at their family home in County Mayo. The media remain barred from identifying either the mother or the deceased child following a judgment by Ms Justice Carmel Stewart. The judge upheld reporting restrictions initially imposed under Section 252 of the Children Act 2001, which protects the anonymity of child…