Missing women - Arrests in case revives call for expert bureau

THE surprise arrest of five people in the long running garda probe into the disappearance of Wexford teenager Fiona Sinnott will reawaken poignant memories of the six women who vanished without trace in one of Ireland’s great unsolved mysteries.

As their names reappear in print, parents everywhere will empathise with the families of those who went missing in Leinster over a six-year period that sent ripples of fear across the country that a serial killer was at large.

Whatever the outcome of the latest arrests, this unexpected twist in the saga will at least reassure the families of the disappeared, as well as the public, that the missing women have not been forgotten and their files have not been closed.