Mr Justice Max Barrett this week dismissed the father’s application seeking his daughter’s return to Poland, where he lives. Mr Justice Max Barrett this week dismissed the father’s application seeking his daughter’s (7) return to Poland, where he lives. The man brought High Court proceedings when the child’s mother refused to return her from Ireland after an agreed summer holiday last year. The judge said there was no reliable basis on which he could be satisfied that a similar incident would not occur in the event of the child’s return to Poland. The judge also noted that the child did not want to return to Poland.

Source: The Irish Times January 31, 2026 07:01 UTC