ORDERS have been granted to allow an Irish baby girl be transferred back to Britain after the child’s mother ‘escaped’ to Ireland in January.
The child was born at a private residence in Ireland in January to a mother who suffers from psychological problems, the High Court in Dublin heard.
Last month Mr Justice George Birmingham ruled that the child should be returned because Britain was best placed to deal with her care.
Ms Justice Iseult O'Malley granted the Child and Family Agency (CFA) orders allowing the transfer of the child and granting the agency leave to make arrangements with social services in Britain for the transfer.
Barrister Sarah McKechnie for the CFA said the mother, a British citizen, had travelled to Ireland on a false ID “to escape social services in the UK,” The Irish Independent reported.
She said the child was taken into care in Ireland shortly after birth and after a concerned neighbour had made representations to the authorities.
Since taken into care she had been with a foster family. The woman’s other child is currently being cared for in Britain by the children’s father.
Counsel said that it was envisaged that after a short period the baby girl born in Ireland would also be placed in the care of her father.
