Search for missing bookstore manager

THE family of a Dublin bookstore manager, missing for more than six weeks, yesterday launched a nationwide appeal for assistance in tracing her.

Claire Boylan, 36, was last seen on March 2 when she left her family home to visit a friend in Tullamore. Despite several reported sightings, no one has heard from her since. Gardaí are treating her disappearance as a missing persons case.

Her family engaged the support of PR firm Slattery Communications to assist with a media appeal.