Judge refuses to order young child be returned to UK

The mother and daughter came to Ireland earlier this year after her partner had been arrested twice on the same day for alleged domestic violence incidents in England.

 A High Court judge has refused to order a woman to return her young daughter to the UK due to the "grave risk" that the child could be exposed to physical and psychological harm by her father.

Mr Justice Garrett Simons declined to make the order over concerns that if the child were returned to England, the father, who has an alleged history of committing domestic violence, would trespass at the mother's home and take the child.