Family pleads for resources in backpacker search

THE cousin of an Irish backpacker missing in a remote stretch of the Chilean-Argentinian border on Tuesday night said she was devastated by the lack of commitment from authorities.

Gráinne Lawlor said extra resources promised in the search for 28-year-old Ronan Lawlor had not arrived.

Mr Lawlor, from Durrow, Co Laois, was last seen on November 18 travelling by bus to the Torres del Paine national park in the Patagonian region. He has not been in contact with friends or family since.