Mum makes new appeal for help as she prepares to spend a third Christmas without her sons 

Mandy Kelly has been campaigning here and in Egypt for the return of her children Zayn and Kareem since their father abducted them in 2022. Picture: Gareth Chaney

The distraught mother of two young boys who were abducted by their father while on holiday in Egypt has made an urgent appeal for the Government’s help in securing their return as she prepares to spend her third Christmas without them.

Mandy Kelly from Co Louth has not seen her two children since March 2022 after her estranged husband locked her in an apartment during a visit to Cairo and drove away with the boys.