The circumstances surrounding the disappearance of an elderly woman from the Bray nursing home illustrates the vital importance of ensuring that every precaution be taken to protect vulnerable people, especially at this time of year because of the hard weather.

THE photograph of Maura Reynolds with her snow white hair is a poignant symbol of the changes in her life this past year and a half.

The body of a woman who went missing two weeks ago was tonight pulled from a river today.