Fresh bid to find disappeared nun

Welsh police have launched a new bid to trace an Irish nun who disappeared in Wales 27 years ago.

Wed, 31 May, 2006 - 20:00

Welsh police have launched a new bid to trace an Irish nun who disappeared in Wales 27 years ago.

Sister Jacinta Bracken of Gorteen, Ballacolla, Co Laois, vanished on May 19, 1979, while shopping for a pair of stockings for her mother’s birthday present.

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Courts Heathrow Place: Wales Place: Gorteen Place: Ballacolla Place: Co Laois Place: Stella Maris Convent Place: Swansea Place: South Wales Place: West Pier Place: Ireland Person: Jacinta Bracken Person: Detective Inspector Person: Andy Hughes Person: Jacinta Person: Jenny Brain Person: Sr Organisation: Welsh police Organisation: South Wales Police

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