Mother of missing woman speaks candidly of heartbreak 14 years on

THE mother of missing Offaly woman Fiona Pender has spoken candidly about the heartbreak she still feels 14 years after the disappearance of her beloved daughter.

Ms Pender was 25 years old and seven months pregnant when she went missing from the flat she shared with her boyfriend in Tullamore on August 22, 1996.

Speaking to radio host Ryan Tubridy, Josephine Pender recalled the suffering she still feels after losing her daughter. “She was funny, good-natured... she was the life and soul of the family.” Ms Pender recalled that on the last day she had seen her daughter, she went shopping with her son John and Fiona for baby clothes. “She said goodbye to both of us, gave us a kiss, and that was the last time we seen her.