Teenager may have been sold into marriage

GARDAÍ are concerned that a 15-year-old Moldovan asylum seeker who disappeared from her government accommodation last Tuesday may have been sold into a marriage with an older man.

The girl, named by gardaí as Madalina Rosu, was staying in a hostel for unaccompanied minors in Dublin’s north inner city. Madalina is understood to have arrived in Ireland on her own claiming asylum.

Gardaí have previously investigated cases where unaccompanied minors from Eastern Europe, particular Romania and neighbouring Moldova, have been sold into marriage.