Nothing evidential found in Kildare search for missing women

Gardaí searched a wooded area of Brewel East, on the Kildare/Wicklow border, for the remains of Deirdre Jacob, who disappeared over 20 years ago. Picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Gardaí have said "nothing of evidential value" was found following the search of a site of a wooded area of interest in Co Kildare.

The searches began after it emerged that unusual activity was noticed on the evening 18-year-old Deirdre Jacob disappeared in 1998.