Navy and Garda divers join search for missing student

THE search for a college student who has been missing for five days will focus today on the area around the Port of Cork’s city centre quays.

Up to 50 people were involved in extensive searches of the River Lee and its banks yesterday for Brían O Tuama, a second-year arts student at University College Cork (UCC).

The 19-year-old from Ballyvourney was last seen outside the McDonald’s restaurant on Daunt Square, at the junction of St Patrick’s Street and Grand Parade, at 2am on Thursday.