Baby safe and well after being taken in stolen car

Distraught parents had to wait 45 minutes before they were told their baby, who was in the back seat of their stolen car, was found safe and well.

Gardaí are conducting forensic tests on the car and are gathering CCTV in a bid to identify the opportunistic criminal who took the car.

The man apparently happened to be in an estate in north Dublin when he spotted a stationary car with its engine running but with no driver, and sped away with it.