Cork court hears mother spent four months trying to get her abducted son from ex-partner

The man had taken the child out of the country when he told the mother he was bringing their son to Dublin Zoo on an access day

Judge Kelleher remanded the man on bail to appear at Cork Circuit Criminal Court for sentence on April 20. File picture: Larry Cummins

A Cork-based mother had to travel to Poland when her ex-partner abducted their child — and it was only with lawyers and the assistance of local police that she managed to get the child back to Ireland.

On an access day — where the mother was told he was bringing their son to Dublin Zoo — he flew with the child to Poland without any permission. It emerged at an in-camera hearing in Cork District Court that the woman had to engage a Polish solicitor and go to court in Poland so that she could bring her child back to Ireland.