Gardaí searching for missing Kerry farmer Mike Gaine have made a special appeal to cycling clubs to speak to their members and establish if any of them rode around the region where he was last seen alive last month.
The 56-year-old was reported missing from his home near Kenmare, Co Kerry, on Friday, March 21st. He was last seen in Kenmare town on Thursday, March 20th.
He bought phone credit in Centra, Kenmare, at 9.48am and then left in his bronze coloured RAV4, registration 152 KY 366. This vehicle was found parked in his farmyard, just off the N71 at Carrig East.
Extensive searching has been carried out on the missing man's farm and in the surrounding area, in what has become an operation looking for his remains. And now gardaí are appealing for any cyclists who were in the region, including around Moll's Gap, on March 21st or 22nd, to come forward.
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Gardaí in Killarney are hopeful their appeal to cycling clubs, to make contact with their members, may encourage some cyclists who were in the area to come forward, even if they doubt they would have anything to add to the inquiry.
A garda statement to cycling clubs states: “As part of the investigation in relation to the disappearance of Michael Gaine, Killarney gardaí would appreciate if you could please canvass with members of your club to see if they cycled the Molls Gap Road from Kenmare to Killarney on this date please.”
Cyclists with information are asked to contact the gardaí in Killarney on (064) 667 1167.
Mr Gaine is described as being approximately 5 feet 10 inches tall with a stocky build, brown/grey hair and a bushy beard. When last seen, he was wearing an orange woolly hat, black fleece, blue jeans and black boots.
The searches carried out to date have involved gardaí, local volunteers, Kerry Mountain Rescue, other groups and members of the Defence Forces. Indeed, now five weeks after Mr Gaine's disappearance, Defence Forces engineers continue to aid the ongoing search.
