‘There was a readiness to believe the child had been abducted’
The report said the series of events were set in train after a TV journalist sent an email to the Garda Press Office with a message that had been left on his Facebook page. It read: “Today was on the news the blond child found in Roma Camp in Greece. There is also a little girl in Roma house in Tallaght and she is blond and blue eyes. Her name is [Child T] and the address is [Child T’s address]. I am [country in Eastern Europe] myself and it’s a big problem there missing kids. The Romas robing [sic] them to get child benefit in Europe.”
The message, with the last sentence excluded, was passed on to Sergeant A in Tallaght, who runs the Child Protection Unit.
