More than 1,400 children involved in tug-of-loves over the last 10 years

MORE than 1,400 children were caught up in international tug-of-loves over the last 10 years by parents who abducted them either in Ireland or brought them here from abroad.

Seventy-two international parental abduction cases were logged by the Department of Justice last year.

About half the cases relate to children taken out of Ireland by a parent of guardian.