A Child Rescue Ireland Alert has been issued over missing five-month-old Daisy Hall, who was in a car hijacked in central Dublin this afternoon.
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 suspect is understood to have been wearing dark clothing and a baseball hat.
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The shocking incident has led gardaí to issue a CRI alert this afternoon.
In a statement gardaí aid: “An Garda Síochána is seeking the public’s assistance in tracing the whereabouts of 5-month-old Daisy Hall.
“Following investigations to date, An Garda Síochána now have serious concerns that there is an immediate and serious risk to the health or welfare of Daisy.
“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 Daisy or her family. Daisy was in the car when it was taken.
“She was wearing a pink cardigan with ladybugs, pink headband with a white daisy flower, blue denim leggings and pink ugg boots. Daisy is dressed as she appears in the photograph provided.
“The car has a sticker on the back with baby onboard. A sticker with 2 baby feet on bottom right hand side of back window. A yellow and red ribbon on rear view mirror. C & C Garage air freshener on rear view also. The car also has a dog cage in the boot which may be visible.
“The last sighting of this vehicle was in the Mountjoy Square area.
“An Garda Síochána is not aware of the vehicle or whereabouts at this time.”
They said anyone with information is asked to contact gardaí on 999 or 112.
They appealed for the public not to approach those involved, instead immediately contact 999 / 112 or your local Garda Station providing as much information as possible.
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