Judge orders two children 'wrongfully abducted' by mother to be returned to home country

The judge said that the "history of chronic conflict" between both parents is a major cause of the one of their children's distress

The High Court heard that one child in question had expressed unhappiness in respect of her school and had made references to cutting and self-harm. File picture

A High Court judge has ruled that two children removed from another EU country and brought to Ireland by their mother must be returned to that jurisdiction.

In a judgment directing their return, Ms Justice Mary Rose Gearty, rejected a claim that one of the children was at grave risk from self-harm if returned, and said that any decision to move the children to another country "can only be done with the consent of both parents".