A mother who beat and neglected her children for years in the west of Ireland will find out today if she is going to be sent to prison for it.

Her former partner, and father to two of her children, is also due to be sentenced this afternoon after pleading guilty to five counts of neglect.

The woman’s eldest daughter gave a very powerful Victim Impact Statement at her mother’s sentence hearing last week.

Despite being taken into care in 2011, she said she still feels intimidated by her and spoke of how her blood boiled every time she saw her in court.

She will have to endure those feelings once more later today when the judge hands down sentence.

Three months ago, the woman was convicted of 29 counts relating to the neglect of seven of her children between 2006 and 2011.

The father of two of her children is also due to be sentenced after admitting to five charges of neglect against his own kids and a number of hers.

The maximum penalty for each count is seven years in prison and the former couple will learn their fates later this afternoon.