Gardai in Galway are investigating reports of three separate attempts at child abduction in the West within the past two months. The investigation was initiated following a report by a 10-year-old boy in Claregalway, Co Galway.
The boy said that he was walking home yesterday when he was approached by a man in a car who said his parents were looking for him. The boy knew that this could not be correct as, it is understood, one of his parents is deceased.
Gardai are treating this report as serious, as the boy's information bears similarities to reports from Co Mayo in late April. The boy has described the man who approached him as having dark hair and a moustache. He also described the car he was driving as red with a blue wing.