At least two children a week were abducted by parents taking them in or out of Ireland last year.

Five months ago, a woman who had lost custody of her child and didn’t have a passport for him managed to take him to her home country of Zambia. She hasn’t come back since.

A couple today defeated an attempt by US authorities to extradite them from Ireland for allegedly kidnapping their grandson.

A couple accused of kidnapping their grandson in the US and bringing him to Ireland will learn today if they are to be extradited to face charges by the American authorities.

Final arguments are to be heard today in the case of a Cork couple fighting US attempts to extradite them on charges of kidnapping their grandson two years ago.