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Aoife Phelan
Man arrested in connection with murder of missing Aoife Phelan
Aoife Phelan, who was four months pregnant, was last seen on 25 October in Portlaoise.
GARDAÍ IN PORTLAOISE have arrested a man in his mid 20′s this afternoon in relation to the murder of missing woman Aoife Phelan.
The man is currently detained in Portlaoise Garda Station under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984.
Aoife Phelan was last seen on 25 October at Colliers View in Portlaoise at around 8.10pm.
Yesterday, around 300 people took part in the latest search for Aoife in Ballyroan. The search party was organised by the local community and included some of Aoife’s brothers, close relatives and friends.
A quarry, the Ridge Road, boglands, drains, disused farm yards and forestry was also searched in what was described as an extensive effort by local volunteers.
Aoife was last seen on October 25 when she left a friend’s house at Colliers View in Portlaoise at around 8.10pm. The 30-year-old nanny, who is from Cashel, Ballyroan, Portlaoise is four months pregnant.
Aoife met a friend at the Borris Road Roundabout in Portlaoise at about 6.30pm on 25 October and was last seen at 8.10pm when she left a friends house at Colliers View, Portlaoise. She was employed as a live in au pair at The Hermitage, Portlaoise and was in work until 6.15pm on that evening.
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