Last month, the man, who cannot be named, told the court he has been separated from his daughter for 750 days, a period he described as "horrific and frightening".

The man brought High Court proceedings when the child’s mother refused to return her from Ireland after an agreed summer holiday last year.

Ms Justice Mary Rose Gearty said the child's fear of dying was not based on established facts

Ms Justice Úna Ní Raifeartaigh said the fact the mother has twice abducted the children “weighs heavily” with her