COASTAL SEARCH FOR MISSING GALWAY MAN

Date Published: 24-Feb-2013

THE SEARCH for missing man, Tom Ward, has been stepped up in a Galway coastal this weekend with Oranmore Civil Defence joining the search efforts.

The volunteers began searching earlier this week after being alerted by the Gardai. They are focusing their efforts on a shoreline search of the Galway Bay area, reaching south towards Oranmore and Kinvara.

All Oranmore Civil Defence members are trained in land search techniques, with some volunteers qualified in advanced powerboat operations which can aid in any water-based search.

39-year-old Tom Ward, who has family in the Westside of the city, was last seen in Galway city centre on February 7th.

Galway Gardai are trying to trace the whereabouts of the missing man since last Sunday when they were alerted to his disappearance by family members.