Department urged to intervene to help Sligo woman stranded in Dubai with daughter

The woman from Sligo, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has been holed up in the United Arab Emirates since January and cannot leave because her daughter has a British passport and cannot get emergency travel documents. File picture: Nasser Younes/AFP/Getty Images

A mediator acting for an Irish mother stranded in Dubai with her daughter has said it is “unconscionable” that Ireland has evacuated Irish citizens, but the woman and her daughter cannot leave because they do not have the correct documentation.

The woman from Sligo, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has been holed up in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) since January and cannot leave because her daughter has a British passport and cannot get emergency travel documents.