Gardai detained a woman under the Mental Health Act after it's alleged she attempted to take a baby from his mother in Tralee yesterday afternoon. It's understood the woman tried twice to remove the baby from his buggy once on the North Circular and then in the nearby Dunnes Stores. Security and other staff at Dunnes Stores came to the mother's assistance, and gardai were notified. Yesterday afternoon, the one-year-old boy’s mother Monika spoke to Treasa Murphy. She says she hopes the woman can get the mental health support she needs. Monika says it’s important to be compassionate. However, it was a scary experience.
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