The family of kidnapped Irish aid worker Sharon Commins are due to hold talks with the Sudanese Ambassador to Ireland later today.

An Irish aid worker and her colleague being held hostage by an armed gang in Darfur have made contact with their agency’s office, a senior Sudanese official said today.

Sudanese authorities hunting a kidnapped Irish aid worker and her colleague have narrowed down the search area, it was confirmed tonight.

Foreign diplomats who have worked on hostage situations have offered the Government advice and support in finding an Irish aid worker and her colleague abducted in Sudan.

THE Department of Foreign Affairs yesterday cooled speculation that the kidnappers who abducted an Irish aid worker and her Ugandan colleague at gunpoint last Friday may be seeking a ransom.