Gardaí issue appeal over missing Tralee teen

Gardaí in Kerry are appealing for the public's help in tracing a 19-year-old woman from Tralee.

Grace O'Mahony has been missing from the Ballyard area since last Saturday at around 1pm - when she left her home in Tralee to visit a friend in Thurles Co Tipperary.

She is described as being 5 foot 4, of stocky build with short dark hair.

Grace also has a distinctive tattoo described as a series of stars on her neck which goes down the side of her neck.

When last seen she was wearing faded blue denim jeans, black shiny runner boots, a short black leather jacket and a red baseball cap.