GARDA DIVERS will resume their search this morning for Galway woman Bláthnaid Timothy who was last seen in Howth, Co Dublin, on the night of December 14th.
Searches were suspended last night when darkness fell. Divers have been looking around the East Pier in Howth and they have been assisted by volunteers.
Investigating gardaí received something of a breakthrough at the weekend. The taxi driver who picked Ms Timothy (33) up from the city centre has spoken to gardaíafter a public appeal was made for him to come forward.
CCTV footage showed her getting into a black Mercedes taxi, but it took several days and an appeal by the National Taxi Drivers Association before the driver was traced. He told gardaí he dropped her off on Harbour Road at about 8.30pm that night.
She was earlier captured on CCTV footage using her ATM card to withdraw €60 at the National Irish Bank on Sir John Rogerson’s Quay on Dublin’s south quays at 8pm. Ms Timothy then crossed the road and got into a taxi.
Ms Timothy, who had worked for Coca-Cola and KPMG, is originally from Glenamaddy, Co Galway, but is living on Camden Street, Dublin.
When her family and friends had not heard from her for a number of days and efforts to contact her failed, she was reported missing on December 17th.
She left her apartment in Camden Street without her phone or handbag. Ms Timothy is described as being 167.6cm (5ft 6in) tall, of thin build and pale complexion, with medium length dark brown hair and blue eyes. She was wearing a three-quarter length black wool coat, grey jeans and a black and red scarf when last seen.
Her mother Teresa, sister Aoife Murphy and brothers Ronan and Brendan have made repeated appeals for information to trace Ms Timothy since she disappeared three weeks ago tomorrow.
Anybody with information or who may have seen her or somebody matching the description in Howth on the night in question is asked to contact Harcourt Terrace Garda station on 01- 666 9500.
