6,000 back bid to name bridge after missing Fiona

More than 6,000 people signed a petition in the space of a week calling for a new footbridge to be named after missing Offaly woman Fiona Pender.

6,000 back bid to name bridge after missing Fiona

The 25-year-old hairdresser and part-time model was seven months pregnant when she vanished from her apartment in Tullamore in Aug 1996.

Her mother Josephine and brother John are backing the campaign to name the replacement footbridge on the Grand Canal in Tullamore in her memory. Josephine hopes the bridge can keep the memory of her daughter and unborn grandchild alive.

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