The extradition case involving a Cork couple wanted in the United States over the alleged kidnapping of their grandson was adjourned at the High Court today for two weeks.

SHARP differences between Ireland and the US over the handling of extradition requests are emerging after it emerged all attempts have failed since 1999.

An extradition hearing involving a couple who brought their grandson from the United States to their home in Cork was adjourned today.

THERE could be an increase in the number of children being taken from Ireland to countries that have not signed up to the Hague Convention, the Irish Centre for Parentally Abducted Children (ICPAC) warned yesterday.

DYLAN BENWELL, the Cork-born youngster at the centre of an international tug-of-love, returned to the United States yesterday, more than three months after his grandparents were accused of kidnapping him.

The Irish grandparents who are wanted in the United States for allegedly abducting their grandson today vowed to fight their case in court.

The Cork couple wanted in the United States for allegedly abducting their grandson have refused to comment publicly on the matter.

EU legislation coming into force on August 1 will provide greater protection to a parent who has been granted custody of children who are abducted by their former partner or family members.

US police and the FBI have reportedly issued a warrant for the arrest of an Irish couple accused of kidnapping their nine-year-old grandson.