Fabricio and Patrick Horvath were located safe and well in the Thurles area.

Missing brothers found in Tipperary

Patrick Horvath and his brother Fabricio were located safe and well in the Thurles area on Tuesday afternoon, May 25th..

Three persons, two women (50s, 30s) and one man (40s) were arrested under Section 17 Non-fatal Offences Against the Persons Act, 1997 and are currently detained at Templemore and Nenagh Garda Stations under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984.

An Garda Síochána is not providing any further information concerning the incident.

On May 16th the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) issued a missing person appeal for five-year-old Patrick Horvath and his eight-year-old brother, Fabricio. Both boys were seen getting into a black Ford in the Limestrone Road area of Belfast, at approximately 6pm on Friday, May 14th.

The brothers have since been returned safely to Northern Ireland.

The authorities would like to thank the public and media for their assistance in this matter.