Parents warned to be on the alert after attempted child abductions

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 in Dundalk, where the attempted abductions took place, said the man, who was in his 30s or 40s with short brown hair, glasses and an earring, spoke to the youngsters in the Cedar Wood Park area.

He had asked the two girls directions to a nearby church before offering them money to get into the car.