Garda Commissioner Callinan and Minister Alan Shatter joined with family and friends of missing persons on Ireland’s inaugural Missing Persons Day.

On 4 December 2013, Ireland held its inaugural national Missing Persons Day, with a commemorative ceremony at Farmleigh House, Dublin.

Missing Persons Day will complement the existing International Missing Children’s Day and has a number of objectives. It will commemorate those who have gone missing and recognise the lasting trauma for their families and friends. It will draw attention to open or unsolved missing persons cases, and it will create an opportunity to provide information on the support services which are available.

The inaugural Irish Missing Persons Day ceremony was attended by the families and friends of missing persons, as well as the many organisations working in the community on their behalf. It will incorporate musical and personal tributes and reflections, followed by a tree planting ceremony in the grounds of Farmleigh House. The event wwas also attended by the second level students of Davis College, Mallow, Co. Cork, who organised a campaign to raise awareness of missing persons issues and to call for a national Missing Persons Day.

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