Searches for 3 missing people

Gardaí have again appealed for information on missing pregnant woman Aoife Phelan, as their search enters its fifth day.

The 31-year-old au pair, who is four months pregnant, is one of three people to go missing in unrelated incidents in the last week.

She has not been seen since Thursday night, when she was spotted at Colliers Lane in Portlaoise, Co Offaly. just after 8pm. It is believed that Aoife arranged to get a lift from Portlaoise on the night she went missing.