GARDAÍ hope to interview mother-of-three Helen Judge today or tomorrow in a bid to piece together who kidnapped her and why.

GARDAÍ are focusing on a well-known smuggling gang as part of their investigation into the kidnapping of Kildare mother-of-three Helen Judge.

THEY came in the dead of night to snatch mother-of-three Helen Judge, grabbing her from the modest bungalow in Kildare she shared with two sons and their grandmother.

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.