Ireland’s Central Authority—which works with the country’s Department of Justice to handle international parental child abduction (IPCA) cases—is attempting to resolve 52 cases involving missing children, reports The Irish Times. As of August 7, 2025, the organization was working on 39 cases in which a parent is in Ireland, but their child or children have been taken to another country, and 13 “incoming” cases where a parent who lives abroad is seeking the return of their child from Ireland. In most cases of missing children (30 out of 39 cases) these children are thought to be elsewhere in Europe, with nine cases involving kids suspected of being much farther afield. Eight of the 13 incoming cases relate to children who were previously located elsewhere in Europe, with five cases involving kids who were previously outside Europe.