Gardaí search for ‘vulnerable’ woman who is nine months into ‘high-risk’ pregnancy

A major search was on yesterday for a 30-year-old mother of four who is almost nine months’ pregnant and failed to turn up at a hospital to have the delivery of her baby induced.

The High Court heard that the woman, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, presented a “high-risk” pregnancy due to a medical condition.

Mr Justice Michael Moriarty was told the HSE had tried to contact her through direct calls and texts, and family members had also been contacted after the woman, who is 39-and-a-half weeks pregnant, failed to attend her medical appointment. Gardaí had also visited her address.