Three Niger athletes and coach are missing

GARDAÍ are searching for three Special Olympics athletes and a coach, all from Niger, who went missing the morning before the closing ceremony.

Gardaí are also investigating a Sudanese coach and a Pakistani coach who did not catch their scheduled flights home with their delegations yesterday.

The four men from Niger left Bewley’s Hotel, Ballsbridge, at 8am on Sunday to go shopping in the centre of Dublin. They were later spotted on O’Connell Street, but have not been seen since, although their luggage was left at the hotel.