Jason Corbett's children fly back to Ireland

Amid conflicting reports about their whereabouts, the two Limerick children at the centre of a bitter custody battle in North Carolina were last night believed to have been on their way to Ireland.

Sources said last night that Jack, 10, and Sarah Corbett, 8, along with their aunt, Tracey Lynch, and her husband, David, left the residence in North Carolina where they were staying and were on their way home to Ireland. They had three connecting flights to catch and their family in Ireland were last night awaiting a call to go to the airport to greet them this morning.

It is understood that their father’s removal will take place from Cross’s funeral home on Tuesday night to Our Lady Queen of Peace church in Janesboro.