Hundreds search for missing Menlough man

Galway Bay fm newsroom – Hundreds of people have joined Gardai from Ballinasloe and Mountbellew in searches to try and locate a young Menlough man missing since the early hours of yesterday. The young man is 25-year-old Thomas Ruane from Garbally, Menlough, Ballinasloe. He was last seen in the Menlough area at approximately 1 am yesterday morning. (saturday) This lunchtime (Sunday) one group of over a hundred people have launched a search in the Mountbellew area while earlier a similar number of people have been searching in Menlough and surrounding areas. The air support helicopter of the Gardai has also joined in the search. Superintendent Gerry Roche of Ballinasloe Gardai says they are appealing to farmers to check their fields, outhouses, under hedges, drains and ditches as the missing man may have become disorientated following an accident on Friday night. Any member of the public who may have any information about the young man's whereabouts should contact Ballinasloe Gardai at 09096-31890 or any Garda station.