18th of July 2018 -
The father of missing Newbridge woman Deirdre Jacob says he never thought he would still be pleading for information 20 years on.
Deirdre Jacob, was 18- years-old, when last seen at the gateway to her house at Newbridge, at about 3.30pm, on Tuesday, July 28, 1998.
Her father, Michael and mother Bernadette, are renewing appeals for any information.
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It takes about 25 minutes to walk to her house from Newbridge. She was last seen at approximately 3.30pm at the gateway to her house, there have been no sightings of her since this.
Her disappearance is a mystery and the Jacobs refuse to speculate about her disappearance.
They recalled how, early in the investigation, a hoax caller sent the investigation on the wrong path, leading Gardaí to believe Deirdre was in Co Monaghan.
There had also been unconfirmed reports a woman, matching Deirdre’s description, had been seen at a coffee shop on two consecutive days in Tara St in Dublin City just a few days after her disappearance was reported.
Mr Jacob said: “It was not common for Deirdre to go into Dublin and she would have always been with people if she did go in. She was very much a people person.”
He said Deirdre, had been very close to her family and always told them of her plans.
She is described as being 5’2" in height, slim build, black/brown hair (short style), grey/green eyes and when last seen she was wearing a navy NIKE jumper with white collar, blue jeans and blue NIKE runners. She also had a very distinctive shoulder bag with the logo "CAT" on it.
Newbridge man says he could not have anticipated that he would still be pleading for information on what happened to his daughter 20 years on | Kildare Now
He had been doing some work on her grandmother's shop too, so he had been in the area.
