Ireland's child abduction system is 'broken', says grandmother of boy kidnapped

Norma Heeney and son Faris Heeney

Norma Heeney and son Faris Heeney

The grandmother of a child who was kidnapped and taken to Egypt has described the system around child abductions in Ireland as “broken”.

Faris Daniel Heeney was two years old when he was dressed as a girl and smuggled through Dublin airport on his half-sister’s passport.

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