A photograph of a silver Nissan Qashqai hatchback which Daisy is travelling in
The car drove down Mountjoy Square West and on to Dorset Street
A child who was in the back of a stolen has been found safe and well.
The Child Rescue Ireland Alert for the five-month-old was cancelled after she was found in Dublin city centre.
“We would like to thank the public and media for their assistance. No additional details are available at this time,” a garda spokesperson said.
Shortly before 2pm today the baby’s mother was standing outside her car in the Gardiner Street area of the north inner city when a male suspect hijacked the vehicle with the baby inside in the back seat.
The vehicle is a silver Nissan Qashqai with a 10 D 21328 registration and is understood to have a dog cage visible in its back window.
The car sped off onto Dorset Street and a major alert is now in place in the northside of the capital.
The car drove down Mountjoy Square West and on to Dorset Street
The suspect is understood to have been wearing dark clothing and a baseball hat.
The shocking incident has led gardaí to issue a CRI alert this afternoon.
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In a statement gardaí said they had serious concerns that there is an immediate and serious risk to the health or welfare of the small child.
At Approximately 1.50pm gardaí received report of a hijacking of a vehicle, a silver Nissan Qashqai Hatchback, registration number 10-D-21328, from Mountjoy Square, in Dublin 1. The car was hijacked by a man who is not known to the child.
The car had a sticker on the back with baby onboard. A sticker with 2 baby feet on bottom right hand side of back window and a dog cage in the boot which may be visible.
A Child Rescue Ireland (CRI) Alert is only launched when all the following criteria exist – the child is aged under the age of 18; there is a reasonable belief that the child has been abducted; there is an immediate and serious risk to the health or welfare of a child and there is sufficient information available to enable the public to assist gardaí locating the child.
“Initiating a CRI Alert requires careful consideration,” a garda spokesman said today.
They said anyone with information is asked to contact gardaí on 999 or 112.
