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A woman in her 40s has been charged with the assault of a three-year-old girl.
She appeared at a special sitting of Bray District Court on Sunday evening.
The woman was charged with assault causing harm to the child under the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act.
She was remanded in custody to appear again at Bray District Court on Thursday.
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The girl is being treated in Our Lady's Children's Hospital in Crumlin, Dublin, where she is understood to be in an induced coma and in a stable condition.
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Emergency services were called to a house in Aubrey Grove, Shankill, south Dublin, at about 4.15pm on Saturday.
The child was taken to hospital by ambulance with a Garda escort.