THE family of a pensioner who has been missing for more than two years visited the site yesterday where human remains were found close to where she was last seen.

A post mortem examination is due to take place today on human remains discovered yesterday near Bray Head in Co Wicklow.

Detectives are investigating whether a body found today on a rugged headland was that of an elderly woman who went missing from a nearby nursing home two years ago.

THE family of Maura Reynolds, the elderly woman missing since vanishing from a nursing home two years ago, have described as “disgusting” the €2,000 fine imposed on the home owners for failing to take proper care of her.

AN ELDERLY woman who is presumed dead after disappearing from a nursing home might have been recovered if staff had followed proper procedures in caring for her, a judge has said.

A COUPLE who own a Co Wicklow nursing home from which an elderly woman went missing almost two years ago have pleaded guilty to not maintaining proper care of their patients arising out of the incident.

THE owners of a nursing home where an elderly resident went missing almost two years ago are pleading guilty to failing to provide adequate care for her.

HEALTH inspectors have asked nursing homes to tag dementia patients with an electronic monitoring system, so they can’t wander outside, the owner of one premises has revealed.

The search for a 78-year-old woman missing from a Co Wicklow nursing home since Christmas night is due to resume at first light

NO trace has been found of 78-year-old Maura Reynolds, missing from a Bray, Co Wicklow nursing home for a full week now.

Coastguard teams, gardaí and civil defence personnel were today searching the coastline near Bray, Wicklow in a bid to find a frail pensioner who has been missing for the last six days.

Gardaí in Co Wicklow are continuing to search for an elderly Alzheimer's sufferer who has been missing from a nursing home in Bray for five days.

Gardaí in Co Wicklow are growing increasingly concerned for an elderly Alzheimer's sufferer who has been missing from a nursing home in Co Wicklow since St Stephen's Day.

CONCERN for the safety of an elderly grandmother who went missing from a Co Wicklow nursing home on St Stephen’s Day has intensified after another major search failed to uncover any clue as to her whereabouts.

Gardaí searching for a frail pensioner who has been missing from a nursing home in Bray for two days appealed tonight for anyone who was walking along the seafront on Christmas Day to come forward.

Searches resumed today for a frail pensioner who went missing from a nursing home in Bray over two days ago.

THE family of an elderly woman who went missing from a nursing home over Christmas have called for regulations to make door alarms mandatory on all elderly care facilities.

Maura Reynolds is not the first elderly person to go missing from care facilities. Many end with tragic consequences, as recent experience shows.

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.

A pensioner has gone missing in north Wicklow.