Gardaí launch alert system for child abductions

Images of suspected child abductors and missing children may be flashed up on social networking and media sites as part of a new emergency child rescue system.

The system was launched yesterday by the gardaí and will be operated in conjunction with transport, health and local authority agencies, as well as the media.

Child Rescue Ireland Alert, or CRI Alert, is designed to help gardaí locate an abducted child where there is serious concern for the child’s safety.