A young girl at the centre of a parental child abduction case will remain in Poland for the foreseeable future after the Polish children’s ombudsman intervened in the case. The children’s ombudsman in Poland, who is supporting the mother, has lodged an “extraordinary complaint” in the case. In May 2025, a Polish court ruled that the Irish-born young girl should be brought back to Ireland. He said the Supreme Court ruling in Poland “has to stand for something”. Both Ireland and Poland are signed up to The Hague Convention, an international treaty which deals with cases of parental child abduction.

Source: The Irish Times March 20, 2026 11:30 UTC