Garda helicopter joins Limerick search

The garda helicopter has joined in the search for an 80-year-old woman who has been missing in Co Limerick since yesterday afternoon.

Around 100 gardaí and members of the public are also involved in the search for Nora Mary King, whose bicycle was found on a roadside near her home in Rathcahill in Newcastlewest yesterday.

Mrs King is described as 5ft 2ins tall, of stocky build, with long, grey, curled hair.

When last seen, she was wearing a black and white jacket, a dark skirt and a slue scarf.