Ireland launches Amber Alert system for missing children

A long-awaited Amber Alert system for abducted children has been rolled out across Ireland more than three years after being given the go-ahead.

Fri, 25 May, 2012 - 13:29

A long-awaited Amber Alert system for abducted children has been rolled out across Ireland more than three years after being given the go-ahead.

The Child Rescue Ireland (CRI) Alert will be triggered if gardaí believe a child has been abducted and that there is an immediate and serious risk to his or her health or welfare.

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CourtsHeathrowPlace: IrelandPlace: USPlace: Arlington, TexasPlace: UKPlace: EuropePerson: GardaíPerson: Garda CommissionerPerson: Martin CallinanPerson: AmberPerson: Amber HagermanPerson: MinisterPerson: Dermot AhernPerson: CallinanPerson: Justice MinisterPerson: Alan ShatterPerson: ShatterPerson: Ashley BalbirniePerson: Frances FitzgeraldEvent: International Missing Children’s DayOrganisation: Child Rescue IrelandOrganisation: CRIOrganisation: Police Service of Northern IrelandOrganisation: PSNIOrganisation: InterpolOrganisation: Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to ChildrenOrganisation: EUOrganisation: HSEOrganisation: ISPCCOrganisation: Missing
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