Eight people including an Irish missionary and a 3-year-old child remained missing Monday after gunmen stormed an orphanage in Haiti, the latest attack in an area controlled by a powerful collection of armed gangs.

There have so far been no ransom or other demands in connection with Heraty, director of the Sainte-Hélène orphanage in Kenscoff, or any of the other

The family of an Irish woman kidnapped from an orphanage in Haiti has said they are "absolutely devastated" and described the situation as "deeply worrying".