20/05/2006
An article appeared in the Enniscorthy Guardian on the 28 April 2006 about two bodies that were found a number of years ago and who have not yet been identified despite every effort being made to try and identify them.
One of the bodies was washed up on Courtown beach in Wexford on the 23 October 1999. The unidentified man was white, aged between 25 and 40, well built, around 6 ft 2' in height, and possibly had dark hair. An elasticated band of material around his waist was the only clothing that led to a clue that the man may have been of Eastern European origin. He is now buried at St. Michael's Cemetery in Gorey
The other body was a woman. The woman, aged between 25 to 40 was found at Ballinamona Beach on December 12, 1995. The only clue found was that her jeans were made in Belgium and that she had a key to a volkswagan car. She is now buried at She was eventually buried in Crosstown Cemetery in Wexford.
If you have any information on who these people are, plaese contact the Gardai in Gorey Co Wexford.
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19/05/2006
Doug and Mary Lyall set up an organisation in the United States called "Hope for the Missing" following the disappearance of their daughter Suzanne Lyall in March 1998.
Suzanne continues to be missing from the United States. At one point there was a suggestion that she could be in Dublin Ireland. There is however no confirmed evidence to suggest that this is the case. Nevertheless, we ask that you do view the information and photographs of her just in case. See details.
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21/04/2006
A Lorraine Kelly from Dublin is urgently trying to make contact with a Mr Tom Low (not sure of spelling) on behalf of her husband, Wesley Kelly who is ill. See details. Mr Low may be in London.
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28/03/2006
The primary aim of Missing in Ireland Support Service is to support families and individuals who have a relative, colleague or friend who is officially classified as “missing”. For more information, see their website at www.miss.ie
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06/02/2006
We are asking people to be on the lookout for Matt Mullaney, a US citizen missing from Florence in Italy. There have been a number of unconfirmed sightings of him in Ireland particularly in Cork and Kerry. See details.
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24/01/2006
Your help is requested in locating James Michael Meehan originally from Charlestown Co Mayo who left about 11 years ago. See more.
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20/12/2005
The Dorrian family have launched a website today to help get information on the disappearance of Lisa Dorrian. The website is located at www.lisadorrian.co.uk/
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17/12/2005
The Garda annual report for 2004 was published this week. The section that covers missing persons is to be found on p.87 of the report.
The way in which missing persons were recorded changed in the autumn of 2003. Consequently, 2004 is the first full year to reflect these changes. The concepts of acceptable and unacceptable missing persons (used in the years before 2003) no longer apply. There are now three separate categories into which a reported missing person may be recorded.
"Category A" covers the reports which require immediate action on the assumption that the missing person is at serious risk, such as child abdution or possible suicide threats."
"Category B" refers to persons who may have disappeared of their own volition and are asumed not to be at any immediate risk such as persons who have a reason to leave or have left a note stating that they do not intend to return.
"Category C" includes reports where there is no apparant threat of danger to the missing person or the public such as a person over 18 who has decided to start a new life.
For the year 2004, 5060 people were reported missing in Ireland and 83 remained untraced by the year's end. 2612 people who were reported missing were classed as Category A and 44 remained untraced. Under Category B, 1531 were reported missing and 22 remain untraced. Under category C, 917 were reported missing and 17 remain untraced.
In all 1.6 % of all missing person reports made in 2004 remained untraced and 66% of missing person reports relate to persons who are under 18 years of age.
It is a sad fact that the number who go missing particularly in the category A classification continues to rise. It is a matter of concern that 66% of reports related to people under the age of 18. It must also however be stated that given the high number reported missing in 2004, the vast majority were found.
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12/12/2005
Missing in Ireland Support Services was set up by Mr Dermot Brown. The volunatry organisation was established to provide support services to the families of the missing. It is wonderful to see such an organisation in place and I have no doubt that it will provide a very important service to the families of missing people.
I hope that they will receive funding from the state to help them to provide such services which are so ugently needed. I would like to wish them every sucess. Their website is at www.miss.ie
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08/12/2005
The current statistics on the Garda website are for 2003 which showed that nearly 4000 people went missing in Ireland in that year. To see a comparison with other years see my "About Missing.ws" page in the facts and figures section.
By the end of 2003, 76 people remained untraced. By comparison in the year 2000, 1806 went missing and by year's end, 22 remained untraced. it is indeed a very worrying trend that the number of missing is increasing at such an alarming rate.
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