EYEWITNESSES have demanded an investigation after two men took a boy aged around three years old to a late night takeaway in his bare feet.
The little boy had to sit in a Letterkenny cafe at 2am this morning while the two adult males with him ordered food.
The boy, who had been shivering from the cold, was handed a bag of chips by one of two men who took him into HillBillies chip shop in Letterkenny.
Customers who saw the incident have demanded that social services staff and Gardai examine CCTV footage from the premises to identify the family involved.
One eyewitness told Donegal Daily: “I was out for the night with a couple of friends and this is not something you expect to see on the main street of Letterkenny at 2 o’clock in the morning.
“The boy looked dishevelled and was shaking from the cold; he didn’t even have socks on.
“People in the cafe were shaking their heads in disbelief but the men with him were not the sort of people you would challenge.”
Asked why she didn’t say something, she insisted: “I just wanted to highlight this so that somebody might do something about it. I was too terrified to say something – simple as that.
“The men with the boy; well let’s just say you couldn’t say anything.
“But I know there is CCTV in Hillbillies and it’s there for the authorities to see and I do hope they do something about it.”