Gardaíin Co Mayo have made a second arrest in their investigation into the disappearance of Sandra Collins more than 10 years ago.
A 58-year-old man was arrested in the Ballina area today. He is currently detained at Ballina Garda station under the provisions of Section 30 Offences against the State Act 1939, a Garda statement said.
A 46-year-old man who was also being questioned by gardaí was this evening released from custody. A file will now be prepared for the information of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
The man had been questioned about the disappearance of Ms Collins in Co Mayo more than 10 years ago.
Ms Collins disappeared on the night of December 4th, 2000, in the seaside village of Killala. She visited a shop in the village at 7.45pm that night, and was last seen at a takeaway on George’s Street at 11pm.
In a potential breakthrough in the case some weeks ago, the presence of a white van in the vicinity of George’s Street between 11pm and midnight was confirmed to gardaí.
This week's arrests are the first in the case since a renewed appeal for information was issued last December on the 10th anniversary of Ms Collins’s disappearance.
Gardaí have repeated their appeal for anybody with information the case to come forward.
A woman (21) who was arrested earlier this week in connection with the same investigation, was released without charge yesterday.