29/08/2013

Garda Figures Reveal 10-Year Total Of Missing People

According to new gardaí statistics, 6,661 reports of missing children were investigated in Ireland in 2012, working out as 18 cases every day.

In the last decade, there has been a 141% increase in the number of missing child investigations, totalling some 51,193 reports.

According to the Irish Times, some 207 children reported as missing in the last decade "remain untraced", alongside 174 adults whose whereabouts are still unknown.

For adults, the figures for the last decade show missing reports were filed for 19,922 people, with men making up almost two-thirds of the total.

The figures were provided to Bernard Durkan, Fine Gael TD for Kildare North in response to a parliamentary question.

(MH/JP)

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