The search for a 59-year-old man missing for the past eight months is continuing in Co Laois this evening.
The family of Tommy Thompson expressed concern for his safety after he went missing from his Portlaoise home on April 20 th.
A Garda search began this morning along a roadside between Portlaoise and Stradbally.
Mr Thompson was a plasterer who had moved from England to Co Laois to work in the area.