Ireland working to bring home 78 children who have been taken out of the country

The figures, described as 'shocking', do not include children who are wrongly taken, often by one parent, to countries not signed up to the Hague Convention

The Central Authority for International Child Abduction in the Department of Justice currently has 67 open cases involving 78 children who have been abducted out of the country.

The Department of Justice is currently working to bring home 78 children who have been abducted and taken out of the country.

The figures do not include children who are wrongly taken, often by one parent, to counties that are not signed up to the international Hague Convention.