Parental child abduction cases are increasing in Ireland as former couples struggle to agree custody arrangements, a solicitor has said. Irish authorities are involved in efforts to resolve 61 ...

THE number of child abduction cases has soared by more than one-third in the past year. New statistics show that 94 cases, involving 154 children, were received by the Child Abduction Central ...

The number of child abduction cases dealt with by the authorities here last year was the highest on record, with an increase of almost 20 per cent on the previous year, figures published by the ...

Three minor siblings who were the subject of child abduction proceedings have been returned to England by their father, the High Court has heard. Mr Justice Garrett Simons had on Thursday directed the ...

A 26-year-old student who pleaded guilty to the attempted abduction of a five-year-old child in Dublin last year has avoided jail and been given two weeks to leave the country. Visak Rajesh Leela, who ...

A High Court judge has ruled that the names and images of three children who were the subject of child abduction proceedings can be published following their father's refusal to hand them over to the ...

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The legal situation on custody following a couple separating or divorcing can be difficult when parents are from or are living in different countries. The number of cross-border marriages in the EU is ...

But child abduction experts yesterday warned the statistics were incomplete as they failed to include youngsters taken to Muslim countries and not returned. Department of Justice figures showed an ...