Irish police have said they have taken a blonde-haired child from a Roma family in Dublin.
The Garda Siochana raided a house in the Tallaght district of west Dublin on Monday afternoon where they found the child. It is understood they searched the house after receiving a tipoff from the public about the presence of the child in the house.
The development in Dublin comes after Monday’s court appearance in Greece of a Roma couple who are charged with abducting a four-year-old blonde-haired child.
A garda spokesman said the couple in Tallaght told officers the child was their daughter. However the gardaí were not satisfied with the explanation or with the documents – particularly her birth certificate – that were produced by the family.
The gardaí used powers under the Child Care Act to remove the child from the family, Guardian informs.
