Gardai are seeking help in tracing a 16-year-old youth who has been missing from his home in Celbridge, Co Kildare, for eight days. Brian McCrea of Castletown Drive is believed to have left home early on December 29th. A youth fitting his description was seen at 4 30 a.m. that morning in Maynooth, hitching a lift on the Kilcock road.
The missing youth is described as 5 ft 10 in, of slim build and with short brown hair cut short. He was wearing navy jeans, a white shirt, a black jacket and a black/navy wool cap.
The Garda has appealed for help particularly from any motorist or hitchhiker in the area at the time. Celbridge gardai: (01) 628-8222, or any Garda station.