Helicopter joins search for 80-year-old woman

THE Shannon Rescue helicopter and sniffer dogs yesterday joined gardaí and 100 local people in a search for an 80-year-old widow missing from her home near Newcastle West, Co Limerick.

The alarm was raised by her family about 8.30pm on Thursday when she failed to return home.

Gardaí believe the woman may have wandered into rugged countryside which leads to Barnagh Hill.