Irish authorities said they have “provided extensive consular assistance” in the child abduction case. Photograph: Brian Lawless/ PA WireTánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Harris asked his Polish counterpart for help in resolving a child abduction case involving a young girl with dual Irish-Polish citizenship. In May 2025, a Polish court ruled that the Irish-born young girl should be brought back to Ireland as her mother relocated her to Poland without her father’s consent. The father has issued legal proceedings against the Irish Government, claiming it has “abandoned” his daughter by failing to help locate her. Child abduction is deemed to have occurred when a child is removed from a person who has legal custody without that person’s consent.

Source: The Irish Times November 18, 2025 12:00 UTC