More than 9,000 people reported missing in Ireland last year alone

More than 9,000 people were reported missing in Ireland last year alone, and 17 of these cases remain unsolved.

These figures emerged yesterday at the third annual Missing Persons Day, in Farmleigh, attended by Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald and Garda Commissioner Noirin O’Sullivan.

Many of the family members of Ireland’s missing people were also in attendance.