Gardai at Lucan, Co. Dublin are appealing for public assistance to help trace the whereabouts of Alice Clifford, from Ballyfermot, who went missing from St. Lomans Hospital on the 28th November 1979. She was 57 years old at the time.

Alice is 5"2 in height and weighed 8st at the time of her disappearance. She has brown eyes and had brown curly hair on the date in question. She was wearing a brown skirt with white stripes, a white jumper and a tan coloured cardigan with red slippers at the time. Alice's circumstances was given publicity by news media at the time of her disappearance.

Anybody with information should contact Lucan Garda Station, telephone 01-666 7300.