80-year-old missing in Galway

Gardaí in Galway are appealing for the public's help in tracing the whereabouts of a missing 80-year-old man.

A major search was under way in Co Galway this morning for a man missing from a nursing home.

Frank Helly, who is in his 80s, is thought to have strayed from the nursing home in Moycullen, about eight miles from Galway city.