Judge orders seizure of footage taken by mother of baby girl being taken into emergency care

A judge has directed that footage taken by a mother of the events surrounding her seven-month-old baby girl being brought into care by the authorities be seized by gardaí.

At the Ennis Family Law Court, Judge Patrick Durcan made the order after a solicitor for TUSLA, the Child and Family Agency (CFA), Kevin Sherry expressed concern that the footage taken by the mother may be posted on YouTube.