DNA to test if girl is Roma couple’s daughter

DNA tests are to be carried out on a seven-year-old girl taken into care from a house in Tallaght to see if she is the biological child of her Roma parents.

Gardaí have also contacted Europol and Interpol to check if the girl, who has blonde hair and blue eyes, may have been abducted.

The girl is now under the legal guardianship of the HSE after a call to gardaí from a member of the public triggered an inquiry.