{"id":229199,"date":"2026-01-05T21:23:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T21:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/229199\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T21:23:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T21:23:09","slug":"urgent-appeal-for-missing-cork-teenager-last-seen-wearing-school-uniform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/229199\/","title":{"rendered":"Urgent appeal for missing Cork teenager last seen wearing school uniform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Szymon\u2019s parents are concerned for his well-being<\/p>\n<p>19:42, 05 Jan 2026Updated 19:44, 05 Jan 2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/609191425_122182529996387604_4207601793975823015_n-1.jpg\" alt=\"Szymon Zajko, 14\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Szymon Zajko, 14<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Garda\u00ed are seeking the public&#8217;s help to find a 14-year-old boy from East Cork who went missing today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Szymon Zajko was reported missing from his home in Midleton after he was last seen in the town&#8217;s Ballinacurra area at approximately 8.30am this morning. He is described as being approximately 5 feet 7 inches in height with a slim build, short brown hair and brown eyes. When last seen, Szymon was wearing a grey school uniform, a grey North Face jacket and carrying a black backpack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Garda\u00ed have released an additional CCTV image of Szymon, which you can see below. Garda\u00ed and the teenager&#8217;s parents are concerned for his well-being.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/611585802_122182530056387604_2757305426700053430_n.jpg\" alt=\"Szymon is missing from his home in Midleton in East Cork\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Szymon is missing from his home in Midleton in East Cork<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Anyone with information on Szymon\u2019s whereabouts is asked to contact Midleton Garda Station on (021) 4621550, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda station.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Szymon\u2019s parents are concerned for his well-being 19:42, 05 Jan 2026Updated 19:44, 05 Jan 2026 Szymon Zajko, 14&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":229200,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43164,7782,61,60,30122,43],"class_list":["post-229199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-east-cork","tag-gardai","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-midleton","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}