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Search for missing woman enters third day
13.01.09
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AN extensive air and
sea search for a missing woman enters its third day
in the Kinnego Bay area of Inishowen today. The
woman was named locally last night as Dr Deirdre
O'Flaherty, a mother and GP based in the Strabane
area. The alarm was raised around midday on Sunday
when a passer-by noticed her BMW 4x4 parked on the
beach with the keys still in the ignition. The
initial search got underway around 12.50pm on Sunday
co-ordinated by Malin Head Marine Rescue
Co-Ordination Centre. Greencastle Coast Guard and
Portrush RNLI were again deployed to the scene
yesterday where an off-shore and in-shore search got
underway at first light. The coast guard search and
rescue helicopter from Sligo returned for a second
day and continued searching the area from around
1.30pm until 4pm. |
Greencastle Coast Guard
officer-in-charge, Charles Cavanagh, said Monday’s
search party numbered more than 50 including rescue
personnel, locals and family and friends of the
missing woman.
Around 15 divers from the Inishowen Sub Aqua Club
and Maiden City Sub Aqua Club in Derry also helped
in the search.
“The helicopter was back again today and conducted a
wide search from Inishowen Head |
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to Culdaff Bay but
discovered nothing,” said Mr Cavanagh last night.
“We’ve also had shore teams combing the shoreline in
the same areas.” There was a large sea swell again
yesterday although visibility was better than on
Sunday.
The search which was scaled down after dark last
night is scheduled to begin again this morning at
first light around 8am.
The missing woman, who is in her early 40s and
married to a Moville-born GP, is understood to have
been staying at the family holiday home in Kinnego
Bay over the weekend. |
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