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14/10/2008
Family Of Lost Pensioner Fly Out To Italy
The family of the Irish pensioner who has been missing since the weekend have flown out to assist in the search for the Limerick woman.
Mairead Geary, 82, from the South Circular Road area of the city, has been missing since Friday evening after she went on a peak-top cable car ride on the Mottarone mountain in the Lake Maggiore district.
A former physiotherapist, Ms Greary was part of a 40-strong Limerick Active Retirement Group, which are due to arrive home on Tueday.
Family members, including her two sons, have flown to northern Italy and are taking part in the search of the popular resort with mountain rescue, police and dog rescue teams.
According to reports, Ms Geary left her accommodation at the four-star Hotel Astoria in Stressa in the foothills of Mount Mottarone on Friday to take a cable car tour to the top of the picturesque mountain.
It is believed the woman's friends raised the alarm when she had not returned to the hotel at 7.30pm.
(DW)
Mairead Geary, 82, from the South Circular Road area of the city, has been missing since Friday evening after she went on a peak-top cable car ride on the Mottarone mountain in the Lake Maggiore district.
A former physiotherapist, Ms Greary was part of a 40-strong Limerick Active Retirement Group, which are due to arrive home on Tueday.
Family members, including her two sons, have flown to northern Italy and are taking part in the search of the popular resort with mountain rescue, police and dog rescue teams.
According to reports, Ms Geary left her accommodation at the four-star Hotel Astoria in Stressa in the foothills of Mount Mottarone on Friday to take a cable car tour to the top of the picturesque mountain.
It is believed the woman's friends raised the alarm when she had not returned to the hotel at 7.30pm.
(DW)
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