Man punched son in row over refusal to remove daughter’s bikini photo from Facebook

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Seán McCárthaigh

A father who punched his son in the face during a family row over the father’s refusal to remove a photo of his teenage daughter in a bikini from social media has avoided being sent to prison.

The father of three, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty at a sitting of Naas Circuit Criminal Court to a charge of assaulting his son at their home on May 23, 2020.