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Authorities deploy drones in search for missing Elisha, 14

Authorities deploy drones in search for missing Elisha, 14

Extensive land and river searches are continuing for a 14-year-old girl who has been missing from Co. Tipperary since St. Patrick's Day.

Elisha Gault from Carrick-on-Suir was last seen on Saturday night and was reported missing on Sunday morning.

Volunteers and civil defence teams have deployed drones to support various agencies, including the Coast Guard.

Superintendent Willie Leahy from Clonmel garda station said: "First and foremost I am appealing to Elisha that she make contact with ourselves in Clonmel or our colleagues in Carrick-On-Suir Garda stations, or a member of family, let us know that she's okay.

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"Then I am appealing to her circle of friends, we've visited a lot of her friends in the last number of days, but in this social media age that we have with Instagram and Snapchat, in case we haven't been in contact with all of her friends I am appealing to them to contact us."

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