The mother of a missing Dublin man last seen in the Eyre Square area of Galway has issued an emotional update and has appealed to the public to keep reporting potential sightings to gardai.
Dean McCann, 28, who had been spotted in Cork on Saturday evening driving a grey BMW, was then seen at Bank of Ireland ATM in Eyre Square in the early hours of Sunday morning.
His mum, Grainne, revealed Dean's final words to her before he went missing as well as saying that they believe that Dean is no longer using his car and is travelling on foot.
She said: "The last time I saw him was last Sunday morning. He said he would keep in touch but he didn't. He said he was in Galway, that was his last location I knew of. So I went to Galway on Sunday looking for him. I was there for three days.
"I told the gardai that it was out of character for him to take off like he did and to not hear from him. His last sighting is in Galway. The public have been amazing, they've been calling in any sightings of him but they've all come to a dead end."
She pleaded to the public again for help to find their "lovely son, the nicest man you'll meet".
The Dublin man is thought to have been wearing a super dry navy puffer jacket with green check patterns on the shoulders, black Adidas tracksuit bottoms with white stripes down the side, and black Adidas runners, with blue and potentially some other coloured stripes on the side of the shoe.
Speaking about how difficult the last number of days have been for the McCann family, Dean's mother broke down saying "we were hopeful, hopeful that he'd be found and that he was okay".
She added: "We really need the public to look out for Dean. He's from Dublin but he has roots in Galway and he loves Ireland. If anyone can help us find him and bring him home.
"He was over in America for five years, he has a bright future ahead of him, he's only 28. We just want him to come home and live his life and do what he wanted to do - help people especially after Covid. He felt so bad for everybody who suffered during the pandemic, especially homeless people.
"That's what he wanted to do in the future, he wanted to help. So we hope he comes home so that he gets the chance to do that. I want to say thank you to the gardai and to everyone who is helping, they are doing an amazing job."
In a heartfelt online appeal, his sister Tara said that her family had been living a real life nightmare since her brother’s disappearance, and that the family have been left “heartbroken and worried”.
She said: “We are so desperate to know where he is, it feels like a nightmare that’s just not ending. My mam and dad and myself and my other brother are so heartbroken and worried.
“All we know about his whereabouts is that he was in Galway on Sunday and wanted to go where people need help so please keep shelters, hostels, places of refuge in mind, any areas that come to mind."
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