CHILD psychologists are helping gardaí investigating a serious sexual assault on a four-year-old boy near his home over the weekend.

THE evil spectre of attempted child abduction visited County Louth last week where parents were told to be on alert after a man tried to lure two 10-year-old girls into his car.

GARDAÍ yesterday warned parents to be on the alert after the attempted abduction of two children near their homes in Dundalk, Co Louth.

THE mother of a nine-year-old girl — who, along with her friend, was nearly abducted near her home yesterday — warned parents to keep their children close.