The mother of two young boys who were abducted by their father has met with Tánaiste Simon Harris and secured “new Government commitments.”
Mandy Kelly’s sons Zayn (7) and Kareem (4) were taken by their father, Ramy Gamal Maamoun Mohamed in 2022 while on a family holiday to his native Egypt.
Even though Egyptian courts have given full custody to Mandy, and Irish courts have issued a return order, the children remain with their father somewhere in Cairo, a city of 11 million people.
Ms Kelly said that despite repeated requests to officials in Egypt, she has had no further updates about her son’s whereabouts, welfare or schooling.
Later this month, she will return to Cairo for the eighth time for a Court of Appeal hearing,
Mandy joined us on The Agenda this morning to tell us more about this.