Gardai have confirmed that the search for missing Offally woman Fiona Pender in a County Laois forest has now been officially called off. It is understood that the search had been focused in a specific part of a forest in Portlaoise since December 8th.
Ms Pender was aged 25 and seven months pregnant when she disappeared from her flat at Church Street, Tullamore, on Friday 23 August, 1996.
Gardaí also say that the investigation into her disappearance is currently ongoing.