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Updated, 9.51am
THE MOTHER OF a man who was beaten and bundled into a car in Dublin last week has made an emotional appeal for her son’s safety.
Ciarán Noonan, 29, was assaulted on Russell Avenue in the city’s East Wall last Thursday at 4.45pm, with some reports stating that he was beaten with an iron bar. The victim was then pushed into a black Volkswagen Golf and driven off.
His mother Geraldine told RTÉ Prime Time that her son was “easily led” and may have fallen in with “the wrong crowd”. She appealed to Ciarán’s kidnappers for his safe return, saying:
My direct message is he’s my child, he’s a father, he has a brother, he’s a dad, uncles, cousins. He’s a human being, he’s my flesh and blood. And I really, really want my child home please. If there’s anyone out there that has any compassion, of the people who have Ciarán. Please give him back, please.
Gardaí arrested a woman in her mid-20s in connection with the abduction yesterday afternoon, but she was released late last night without charge.
The car used in the incident was found in Ashbourne, Co Meath over the weekend. Officers have said they are very concerned for Mr Noonan’s safety.
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Terrible thing for the poor woman. But they would hardly pick up someone random off the street? I presume the lad has previous with the lads who picked him up?
‘easily led’ & ‘fallen in with the wrong crowd’.
Somehow I don’t think this fully explains the shenanigans her son got up to…
All of the above may (or may not) be true.
Still does’nt give anyone the right to kidnap anyone.
It doesn’t matter what he got mixed up in, nobody deserves that.
There are plenty of thugs roaming the streets that deserve exactly that.
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