- Annual event held to commemorate missing people and their loved ones.
- Searchable Unidentified Human Remains database launched.
The twelfth annual National Missing Persons Day will take place today, (December 4th 2024), at Croke Park, in Dublin.
On December 4th 2013, Ireland held its inaugural national Missing Persons Day with a commemorative ceremony which took place at Farmleigh House, Dublin. The inaugural ceremony was attended by the families and friends of missing persons, as well as many of the organisations working in the community on their behalf. This ceremony incorporated musical and personal tributes and reflections, followed by a tree planting ceremony in the grounds of Farmleigh House.
Missing Persons Day complements the existing International Missing Children’s Day and has a number of objectives. It commemorates those who have gone missing and recognises the lasting trauma for their families and friends. It also draws attention to open or unsolved missing persons cases, and creates an opportunity to provide information on available support services.
Missing Persons Day, hosted by the Department of Justice, is an annual commemorative day for families and their friends to remember missing loved ones.
Missing Persons Day also provides a nationwide platform to appeal to the public for information on missing persons.
To mark the event a commemorative ceremony will be held, which will feature spoken contributions from family members of missing persons, as well as other contributors who work to resolve missing persons cases.
Missing Persons Day is an all-island event and families from Northern Ireland will also be welcomed along with their support organisations.
This year’s Missing Person’s Day also marks the launch of an enhanced, searchable database of Unidentified Human Remains (UHR) reported to the Department of Justice by Coroners around the country.
Coroners have provided information for Unidentified remains lying within their districts, and the number of cases published has risen from 44 to 48 with 6 cases referring to Co. Tipperary.
The Unidentified Human Remains Forum, comprising officials from the Department, members of An Garda Síochána, Forensic Science Ireland, the State Pathologist, and the Coroner Service, has committed to developing an effective database with the capacity to evolve as new information becomes available.
Anyone with information, which could help provide answers for families regarding any missing person, is encouraged to please contact, any Garda Station (Thurles at Tel: 0504 25100) or call the Garda Confidential Line at Tel: 1800 666 111.
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