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Interpol join search for missing backpacker INTERPOL
has been called in to search for a young Irish backpacker missing in South
America for almost a month.
Ronan Lawlor from Durrow in Co.. Laois, last spoke to his parents on November
17 before entering a national park shared by Argentina and neighbouring
Chile.
The 27-year-old sent a text message to a friend the next day and officials
say he entered the Chilean side of the park on November 22 but has not
been seen since.
Torres del Paine National Park is a spectacular
700-square-mile nature preserve that spans remote Argentine and Chilean
Patagonia.
Mr Lawlor was due to return to Argentina to catch a flight from the southern
town of Ushuaia to Buenos Aires on November 25.
Now Interpol has joined the hunt for Mr Lawlor who had previously maintained
regular weekly contact. With his family.
Driver chaged
A 19-YEAR-OLD carpenter has been charged in connection with a fatal crash
that claimed the life of a garda and a firefighter in Co.. Limerick last
February.
Niall Shannon from Ballylongford in Co. Kerry, was returned for trial
at Rathkeale District Court with dangerous driving causing the deaths
of 46-year-old garda Brian Kelleher and 47-year-old and Mike Liston.
He is also facing summonses for drink driving and driving with a bald
tyre.
Garda Kelleher and firefighter Mr Liston were killed instantly while attending
the scene of a single car accident on the Foynes/Askeaton road.
Boathouse struck
A FREAK wave seriously damaged a boathouse used by Ballybunion Sea and
Cliff Rescue Service and dampened the group’s 21st birthday celebrations.
Doors were swept off the hinges and equipment and supplies were damaged.
Repair costs have been estimated to be between ?5,000 and ?10,000.
But group spokesman Omar Fitzelle said they were heartened by the amount
of support and contributions from the public.
The group receives only ?3,000 in State grants and must raise ?30,000
each year to keep operating.
Mr Fitzelle said: “We’ve had lots of phone calls from people
with donations and offering to help in other ways.”
The 35-member group provides a search and rescue service in the area from
Ballybunion to Loop Head and up the Shannon Estuary as far as Limerick.
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