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GARDAI have renewed their appeal for anyone who may have informa- tion about a 23-year-old, missing since a night out with pals in Killa- loe, to come forward.
James Burke from Ballinruan was last seen near the bridge in Killaloe on Sunday, December 9 just after LO oyere
He was heading for The Anchor Bar after an evening socialising in the town with friends but never showed up.
The alarm was raised the next day When he didn’t arrive for work or contact his parents.
A widescale search on land and wa- ter has been going on since then but has produced no results.
Last Sunday search and rescue divers entered the river Shannon for the first time since James’ disappear- ance, having been prevented from doing so before then by the huge pull created by the Ardnacrusha power station turbines.
A Garda spokesman said that they “have to keep an open mind on the matter. We have no concrete evi- dence that he went into the water and nothing has been found so far that would support that so we must allow for all possibilities”.
The spokesman asked that people
who were out in Killaloe on the night to think carefully about whether they may have seen Mr Burke.
“Someone may have some small piece of information which might prove helpful. There may be some- one who was away for Christmas and has just returned or even if one of his friends knows something that they may be worried about telling us, we would appeal for them to come KO MWe n Ke
“This is a terrible thing for a fam- ily at any time but particularly at this time of year.”
Anyone with any information can contact the incident room at Killaloe garda station on 061 620540.