A WOMAN who suffered a 48-hour kidnap ordeal may have been the unwitting victim of an underworld drug debt row sparked by a string of recent seizures.

Gardaí are waiting to question Helen Judge, who was found in secluded woodland on the Cooley Peninsula in Co. Louth this morning.

A 41-year-old woman kidnapped from her home in Allenwood in Co Kildare has been found safe and well.

GARDAÍ investigating the kidnapping of a mother-of-three from her home were last night considering whether to contact her estranged husband.

GARDAÍ investigating the kidnapping of 41-year-old mother-of-three Helen Judge have not contacted her estranged husband, it emerged yesterday.

Gardai were tonight continuing to hunt for the kidnappers of a 41-year-old woman believed to have been taken by force from her Co Kildare home.

Gardaí are continuing to hunt for the kidnappers of a 41-year-old woman who was taken by force from her Co Kildare home.

A woman has been kidnapped from her Kildare home and is being held against her will.