Brother of Imelda Keenan appeals for information 30 years after her disappearance

Vivenne Clarke

The brother of Laois woman Imelda Keenan, who went missing in Waterford 30 years ago, has appealed for any information on her disappearance.

“We hope that someone will come forward,” Gerry Keenan told RTÉ's Morning Ireland. “I will be appealing to the public for anybody that has information about my sister who went missing 30 years ago to come forward. It's never, ever too late to give us the answers that we're looking for.

“We hope that someone will give us the answers. We also hope that someone will come forward with new information. Maybe in the new year. And, of course, finally, we hope to get closure on this case and put it to bed because 30 years, it’s hanging around our neck for a long, long time. And the pain just continues. And we're in dire straits. To think that 30 years down the line, we still have no answers.”

Mr Keenan said his mother and two brothers had died “with broken hearts” not knowing what happened to Imelda, who was the youngest daughter in the family.

“I didn't think, back in 1994, that I would be having this conversation 30 years after. It has had a huge effect on members of the family.”

Even 30 years on, the pain never went away, it was still as “raw” as it had been in January 1994, he said.

A candlelight vigil will be held on Wednesday, January 3rd, in Waterford at William Street Bridge where Imelda was last seen.