The family of a 59-year-old woman, who has been missing for more than two weeks, has appealed for the public’s help after learning more about her last known movements.
Christina Lavin who lives at Kilmainham Bank, Emmet Road in Dublin 8, disappeared on the afternoon of Saturday, January 16th.
Her family said she travelled by Dart to Bray on the day she disappeared.
A native of Creevagh, near the village of Ballyfarnon on the Sligo/Roscommon border, Ms Lavin , one of seven children, has lived in Dublin for over 20 years.
Her 97-year-old mother is unaware that her daughter is missing.
The family said they are very concerned having discovered that she left her handbag, phone and purse in her apartment.
No money has been withdrawn from her account since she disappeared.
It is now known that she boarded a train at Connolly station in Dublin city centre at 2.38pm on the day she went missing.
The last sighting of her was at about 5pm that day when she was picked up on CCTV in the vicinity of Bray sailing club.
“It would have been getting dark around that time — we are hoping that people who were out walking may remember something,” her sister in law Louise Lavin said.
The family said that Christina is fragile, which has compounded their fears for her wellbeing.
The missing woman is 167cm (5ft 6 in) in height , of thin build with short red wavy hair and green eyes.
When last seen she was wearing a purple and pink coloured woollen coat with white speckles, and black trousers.
The family has established that Christina also travelled to Bray the day before she disappeared, and dropped into the Martello hotel there on that Friday.
“We know that with every passing day, the situation becomes more hopeless, but we need to know what happened to Christina,” her sister in law said.
She praised the community in Emmet Road who organised a search there, and put up posters, immediately after Christina disappeared.
Family members have also travelled to Bray trying to retrace her steps but say they are now hoping that the public can help them to find out what happened.
gardaí have appealed to anyone who was in the Bray area from 3pm- 6pm that Saturday who can help the investigation, to contact them on 01 6669700, the Garda Confidential Line 1800 666111 or any garda station.