Searches continue for missing Menlough man

Galway Bay Fm newsroom – Hundreds of people have been searching a vast area around Menlough and Mountbellew for a young man from the area who has been missing since the early hours of yesterday (Saturday) 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 (Saturday)morning. The searches in the Mountbellew and Menlough areas have been going on all day today (Sunday) and Gardai say they will continue until the light fades at approximately 8.30 or 9 o'clock tonight. 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. Superintendent Roche says that while the searches will wind down before darkness falls tonight they will resume at 8 o'clock tomorrow (Monday) morning. Any member of the public who may have any information about the whereabouts of Thomas Ruane should contact Ballinasloe Gardai at 09096-31890 or any Garda station.