Gardaí seek information on missing Dublin youth

Gardaí are looking for help in tracing a 16-year-old youth who is missing from his home in Palmerstown, in Dublin.

Sam Connolly, originally from Burren in Co Mayo, was last seen at the Liffey Valley Shopping Centre on Thursday night.

He is described as having short brown hair and blue eyes; is 183 centimetres in height and of slim build.

When last seen, he was wearing blue denim jeans, a pink t-shirt and white runners.