'The suffering... has never gone away': Gardaí renew Antoinette Smith appeal

Investigators hope advances in technology and changing circumstances may encourage new witnesses to come forward after almost four decades

Antoinette Smith, aged 27 at the time, was last seen in the early hours of July 12, 1987, after attending the David Bowie concert at Slane Castle with a female friend.

The inspector overseeing the investigation into the murder of a missing Dublin mother almost 40 years ago has said the suffering inflicted on her two surviving daughters “has never gone away”.

Inspector Seamus Ryan from Bray garda station said the passage of time had not diminished the importance of finding out what happened to Antoinette Smith.