The taxi driver who brought missing Dublin woman Bernadette Connolly to the Shoreline Hotel has come forward with new information.
The 45-year-old from Swords has been missing since Friday, January 7.
She was picked up on CCTV on the Shoreline Hotel's cameras and was spotted on Donabate beach at 12:38pm, her last known location.
According to Bernadette's daughter Jade, the taxi driver said that Bernadette was meeting a friend. She also said that Bernadette had a pink towel with her.
Jade said on Instagram on Tuesday morning: "Taxi man has come forward, I'm grateful for that.
"She asked him to drop her out there (hotel by the beach) and said that she was meeting a friend."
Jade asked anyone who was in the area to think of what they may have seen.
She said: "Someone on that beach had to have seen something. Maybe her walking down or taking the photo or paddling her feet.
"Please, please try and think of what you saw. It's believed she brought a pink towel that day."
Bernadette is described as being 5’ 6” in height, of slim build, with hazel eyes and long black hair. She is thought to be wearing a black woolly hat with black bobble, black handbag, black trainers with white soles, black leggings and a black puffer jacket.
Gardai have appealed to any road users who may have camera footage (including dash-cam) who were in the Donabate area on Friday, 7th January, 2022, between 11:30am and 12pm to make this footage available to them.
Anyone with any information on Bernadette Connolly can contact Swords Garda Station 01 666 4700, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111 or any Garda station.
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