Gardaí at Kilmainham Garda Station are today seeking the public's help in tracing the whereabouts of a 16-year-old girl.

A Cork teenager, who was reported missing recently has been located safe and well, gardaí said today.

Gardaí at Bandon are seeking the assistance of the public in locating 16-year-old Denise Foley.

Gardaí at Midleton in Co Cork are seeking the public’s assistance in tracing the whereabouts of 15-year-old Shannon Collins.

Gardaí in Co Louth are continuing to search for four children, who they say were taken from their home in Ardee on Thursday by a man in his 30s, who was known to them.

Gardaí and detectives in the UK are asking for the public's assistance in their search for a 30 year old woman and her three year old daughter who have been missing from their home in Merseyside since Wednesday.

Gardaí are today appealing for the public's help in locating a missing Dublin teenager.

Gardaí in Dublin are seeking public assistance in tracing a teenager missing from her accommodation at Portrane.

Gardaí in Dublin are appealing for the public's help in tracing the whereabouts of a missing teenager.

Gardaí in Monaghan are appealing for help to find a missing 15-year-old girl who has not been seen since last Friday.

Gardaí in Sligo are tonight appealing for the public's help in tracing the whereabouts of a missing teenage girl.

Gardaí have renewed their appeal for the public's help in finding a 16-year-old girl who has been missing since last month.

Gardaí in Dublin have issued an appeal for the public’s help tracing a teenage girl missing from the Fitzgibbon St area of the city.

Police in the North have renewed their appeal for the public's help in tracing the whereabouts of a missing teenager.

Shannon Matthews was taken off the British child protection register on the orders of social services’ managers despite warnings from social workers, it was claimed today.

Gardaí are appealing for help in finding a 13-year-old girl who has been missing for two days.

The mother of Shannon Matthews was facing a “substantial” jail sentence today after being found guilty of kidnapping her daughter.

The mother of Shannon Matthews told a jury today she went shopping at a supermarket on the night her daughter went missing.

The former partner of Shannon Matthews’s mother was sentenced by a British court to 20 weeks in jail today for possessing child pornography.

A teenager who was abducted in the North has been found in Co Limerick.

Karen Matthews, who is due to go on trial later this year charged with offences relating to the alleged abduction of her daughter Shannon, was today refused bail by a judge.

A 43-year-old man was arrested today by gardaí investigating the disappearance of a Sligo teenager more than 18 months ago.

Three women were arrested today by detectives investigating the alleged abduction of Shannon Matthews.

The mother of Shannon Matthews was charged by police today in connection with the alleged abduction of her daughter.

Police in England investigating the alleged abduction of Shannon Matthews today arrested two women in Dewsbury, the West Yorkshire force said.

English police investigating the disappearance of schoolgirl Shannon Matthews have today arrested her stepfather Craig Meehan.

British police hunting for missing nine-year-old Shannon Matthews said today that "significant" searches continue into her whereabouts and renewed their appeal for information.

Human remains were today pulled from a lough in Co Sligo.

Concern is growing today for the safety of Irish teenager Amy Fitzpatrick, who has been missing in southern Spain for more than a week.

Austrian authorities today said a young woman found near Vienna had been identified as a girl who went missing more than eight years ago.

Authorities are trying to determine if a young woman found yesterday is Natascha Kampusch, whose disappearance nearly a decade ago when she was 10 years old has gripped Austria.

A garda investigation was underway in Co Cork tonight after the body of a young woman was found.

Fears are growing today for the safety of an 11-year-old girl who has been missing for three days.

Gardaí in Co Cork are continuing to search for an 11-year-old girl who went missing in the Beal na Bláth area on Friday night.

Gardaí are still searching for a 14-year-old Carlow schoolgirl who ran away with a 24-year-old man on Monday.

Gardaí in Co Carlow have revealed that the 14-year-old schoolgirl who went missing on Monday is believed to have run away with a 24-year-old man.