‘Our one wish for Christmas is to get Charlie back’

A heartbroken family is hoping the public will grant their Christmas wish and help them find their beloved pet.

Charlie, a tan-coloured shih tzu who is on heart medication and has arthritis in one leg went missing from his home in Killeens, Blackstone Bridge in Blarney, Co Cork, a week ago and has not been seen since.

Jim Mulcahy, wife Jane, and their children Stephen, 9, Hayley-Ann, 7, and Emily, 3, went to bed last Friday night and woke to find their 12-year-old pet pooch had disappeared from the yard.