{"id":425083,"date":"2026-04-30T11:41:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T11:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/425083\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T11:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T11:41:08","slug":"renewed-appeal-over-1991-disappearance-of-cork-couple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/425083\/","title":{"rendered":"Renewed appeal over 1991 disappearance of Cork couple"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Garda\u00ed in Fermoy, Co Cork, have renewed their appeal for information on missing couple Conor and Sheila Dwyer on the 35th anniversary of their disappearance.<\/p>\n<p>They were last seen together coming out of St Patrick&#8217;s Roman Catholic Church, close to their home on Chapel Hill Fermoy on 30 April 1991.<\/p>\n<p>The following day, Ms Dwyer spoke with her sister by phone.<\/p>\n<p>On 19 May 1991, Ms Dwyer&#8217;s birthday, her sister tried calling her, but there was no reply. Soon after, both of her sisters went to the house, but found it empty.<\/p>\n<p>They reported the couple missing to garda\u00ed a few days later on 22 May 1991.<\/p>\n<p>Following a garda search of their home, both Mr and Ms Dwyer&#8217;s passports were found, along with \u00a31,000 in cash. Some clothes were also missing.<\/p>\n<p>The couple, who were in their 60s, were well-known in the area and drove a white 1978\/79 Toyota Cressida.<\/p>\n<p>The car&#8217;s registration was 5797ZT and has not been seen since the couple&#8217;s disappearance.<\/p>\n<p>Garda\u00ed say that this investigation remains open and active, and that lines of inquiry have led garda\u00ed abroad as well as around Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>The River Blackwater has been searched on numerous occasions by the Garda Water unit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A number of searches and other enquiries were carried out in the past year,&#8221; said Detective Inspector Anna-Marie Guiney.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This investigation remains active and ongoing and garda\u00ed will exhaust every option available.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We would like to once again appeal to members of the public who may have any information to contact us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Garda\u00ed can be contacted at Fermoy Garda Station on 025 82100, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any garda station.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Garda\u00ed in Fermoy, Co Cork, have renewed their appeal for information on missing couple Conor and Sheila Dwyer&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425084,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-425083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425083","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=425083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}