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Damien Edgar

Family of missing NI pensioner make urgent appeal to public

A woman in her 80s has been missing from Portrush since Wednesday evening, police have confirmed.

The PSNI is appealing for help in finding 88-year-old Maureen Gilgan.

Her family say she was last seen at around 7.15pm in the Hopefield Crescent area.

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She is described as having short, white hair, a pale complexion, and is of a slender build.

Police said that she was wearing a cobalt blue coloured coat, red corduroy trousers, black laced up shoes, and black metal framed glasses when she was last sighted.

She also may have been carrying a red purse in her pocket.

Officers have appealed to those living in the Hopefield Avenue, Hopefield Crescent, Glenvale Avenue and Coleraine Road areas of the town to check their gardens, sheds, and outbuildings and to contact 101 with any information.

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