Woman accused in 18-year-old Canadian abduction case lived and worked in Cork

A Canadian woman accused of abducting her baby daughter 18 years ago lived with her daughter for a number of years in the Co Cork town of Carrigaline under an assumed identity, it is believed.

Patricia O'Byrne, now aged 54, left Canada with her then 20-month-old daughter in 1993 after the break-up of her relationship with the baby girl's father Joe Chisholm. The couple were engaged in a custody battle at the time.