02/11/2015

Planned Searches Begin To Find Woman Missing Since 1985

Planned searches are being carried out to locate the body of a Connemara woman who went missing over 30 years ago.

Barbara Walsh, 33, was reported missing on 29 June 1985.

She was last seen at a party at her home in Rusheenamanagh in Carna one week earlier.

She was married with a young family.

Properties and land were sealed off today while a number of searches are carried out.

(CD)




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