‘There’s no hope she’s alive now. All we want to do is to bring her back here here and bury her with Daddy’

FIONA SINNOTT’S family just want her body back.

As gardaí last night questioned several people in connection with the disappearance of the 19-year-old from Broadway, Co Wexford, in February 1998, they said any conviction in the case would just be a bonus.

Her mother, Mary, her sisters, Diane and Caroline, and brothers, Seamus and Norman, just want to bury her with dad Pat.

“It’s been a living hell,” Diane said last night. “Fiona would have been 27 last Saturday. Every single day is a struggle. Since Fiona disappeared we’ve also not been allowed to see her daughter, Emma. She’ll be nine in February. She’s only living down the road but we’re not allowed any contact with her, no birthday or Christmas cards, nothing.

“The gardaí are in constant contact with us and we are hopeful this is the breakthrough we’ve been waiting for. It’s the best news we’ve had so far. We knew something was happening on Monday. I’ve not slept since.”

For a short time, the family had hoped the outgoing, mother of Emma might be found alive.

“There’s no hope she’s alive now. She’d never have missed daddy’s funeral last September. All we want to do is bring her back here and bury her with Daddy. We know that’s what he wanted when he died,” said Diane.

Fiona went missing just days before Diane’s 21st. Her family thought it was strange she missed the party. They were very close. When she missed Emma’s first birthday alarm bells really began to ring and the gardaí were called in.

Her father died from cancer in September of last year. Her mother lives in the Bridgetown area, along with Diane and Norman.