MORE than 1,400 children were caught up in international tug-of-loves over the last 10 years by parents who abducted them either in Ireland or brought them here from abroad.

CHRISTINE O’SULLIVAN’S only solace in life is that she will see her daughter, Deirdre, again. This time round, nobody will ever be able to separate them again.

THE woman who helped kidnap her daughter was jailed yesterday, but Christine O’Sullivan said the case is not closed.

A woman who aided the abduction of a four-year-old-girl, who was later shot dead by her father and captor before he turned his gun on himself, was jailed for two years today.

A WOMAN who helped a former teacher abduct his daughter from his estranged partner will be sentenced for the crime tomorrow.

Neans McSweeney reports from Clonmel on the conclusion of a heart-rending case

TWO distraught families will gather separately today to remember a father and daughter who died tragically in a double shooting one year ago.

The funeral of Christopher Crowley, the maths teacher who last week shot his six-year-old daughter before turning his gun on himself, was held in Cork today.

The removal of the man who abducted his six-year-old daughter and shot

The six-year-old girl who was abducted and shot dead by her father in Co Tipperary earlier this week was buried today.

A man who shot his young daughter then turned his gun on himself as gardai arrived at their rented cottage in Co Tipperary had been on the run with the child for two years after abducting her, it emerged today.