Missing UCC student

lilmissprincess

Taken from collegeroad.ie facebook page:

A UCC Student is missing. His name is Caolan Mulrooney and he was last seen in the early hours of last night (1 December 2011).

If you have seen this student please contact Irlaith Kennedy on 085- 749-2398 or Anglesea Guards.

Details: 19 Years of Age, Tall, Brown Hair – Last seen outside Cubins nightclub.



Really hoping this has a happy ending.

superstoner90

hope hes found...really sad to hear of a student going missing

UpCork

I hope he is found safe and well. I have put this on my Facebook page.

.E_C_K_S.

Really hope he is found safe and well soon:(

IHeartChemistry

Feck, hope hes found safe We just had two seperate groups of students call to the door trying to talk to us. I'm assuming we'll get more as the night goes on!

rebel girl 15

Was just coming on to post this after seeing it on Facebook

IHeartChemistry

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=319228651439414&set=a.219201401442140.71110.219137134781900&type=1&theater

On Cubins FB page. Last image of him seen before he went missing!

Papa_Lazarou

Just saw this on facebook earlier too...hope the chap is found safe and well.

Papa_Lazarou

Lads search group is meeting at the lee rowing club at 10 am tomorrow if anybody is around to help out.

closeline

Search continuing this morning. Please god he will be found.

Papa_Lazarou

There was a massive turnout for the search today. Starting again tomorrow at 10am from the lee rowing club.

Orizio

Saw him play hurling only a while back, hopefully he'll turn up.

Hogzy

One of the Coast Guard Helicopters is hovering over the City Center at the moment. Probably doing a more thorough search of the river and river banks.

IHeartChemistry

Hogzy wrote: »

One of the Coast Guard Helicopters is hovering over the City Center at the moment. Probably doing a more thorough search of the river and river banks.

Yea, its been hovering over my house for the past hour or so! It was around last night as well!

rebel girl 15

Hogzy wrote: »

One of the Coast Guard Helicopters is hovering over the City Center at the moment. Probably doing a more thorough search of the river and river banks.

They have one helicopter that is specially equipped to find bodies in rivers, was responsible for finding that person in Ballincollig

Byron85

Not to be the bearer of bad news, but they may have found him. As mentioned, the helicopter was overhead for an hour or so and as I was coming back from town, the search party seems to have stopped just down from the Beamish Brewery and Garda divers were suiting up.

Salty

This whole thing is terrible. I hope they haven't found him in the river tbh...when I saw the pictures of him on FB a couple of days ago, I thought he was familiar...turns out he's friends with a load of girls who were in my year in school...he was at my debs and everything...it's so sad, and so surreal.

IHeartChemistry

Byron85 wrote: »

Not to be the bearer of bad news, but they may have found him. As mentioned, the helicopter was overhead for an hour or so and as I was coming back from town, the search party seems to have stopped just down from the Beamish Brewery and Garda divers were suiting up.

On the Quay?

rebel girl 15

Byron85 wrote: »

Not to be the bearer of bad news, but they may have found him. As mentioned, the helicopter was overhead for an hour or so and as I was coming back from town, the search party seems to have stopped just down from the Beamish Brewery and Garda divers were suiting up.

Might not necessarily be him - heard recently that there were about 10 or 15 bodies pulled from rivers in the last two weeks. Common enough occurance for them to be searching for one person and end up finding a couple of others

omerin

rebel girl 15 wrote: »

They have one helicopter that is specially equipped to find bodies in rivers, was responsible for finding that person in Ballincollig

I think the heli picks up on body heat only, so I think the Ballincollig body was discovered by search and rescue.
Hope he's found soon.

IHeartChemistry

Edit...its still hovering!

Salty

rebel girl 15 wrote: »

Might not necessarily be him - heard recently that there were about 10 or 15 bodies pulled from rivers in the last two weeks. Common enough occurance for them to be searching for one person and end up finding a couple of others

Sorry to go off-topic, but I've never heard that before:eek: How do we never hear about stuff like this? That's horrible:(

omerin

rebel girl 15 wrote: »

Might not necessarily be him - heard recently that there were about 10 or 15 bodies pulled from rivers in the last two weeks. Common enough occurance for them to be searching for one person and end up finding a couple of others

From the whole of Ireland? I think that's a bit of an exaggeration.

Byron85

_meehan_ wrote: »

Sorry to go off-topic, but I've never heard that before:eek: How do we never hear about stuff like this? That's horrible:(

It happens quite often indeed. A lot of the time families class it as "accidental death" as opposed to suicide, so it never really makes the news. Not that all of them are suicides, but the rate is a lot higher than people realise. Anyway, don't want to get too much off topic.

rebel girl 15

omerin wrote: »

From the whole of Ireland? I think that's a bit of an exaggeration.

Sadly not from the whole of Ireland - it was only in Cork

People don't hear about bodies getting pulled from the rivers - I heard it from a fire officer, because they have to go down if it is a body being pulled from a river, its the Gardai go if it is a death in any other case

rebel girl 15

_meehan_ wrote: »

Sorry to go off-topic, but I've never heard that before:eek: How do we never hear about stuff like this? That's horrible:(

As Byron said, its classed as accidental death - you would only hear about it if you were directly involved tbh.

Thats why there are so many being found, as there have been one or two searches in the past few weeks that we know of, including that man in Ballincollig, plus the river has been swollen

Whats even sadder is that afaik equipment being used to look in the river by boat was donated by the late Brian O Tuamas family, the young man who drowned around this time 2 years ago

IHeartChemistry

Went for a wander round Beamish and O'Sullivans Quay. Just seems to be loads of people staring at the river. Didnt see any emergency personnel though and the copter seems to have moved over toward the Lough region!

rebel girl 15

UCCSU is asking ALL students located near St. Finbarr's Cathedral, Barrack Street and College Road to check their gardens, bushes and bins for Caolans phone. Especially students who have been away for the weekend. The phone is an LG cookie, see picture below. Any student who finds the phone should immediately contact the Gardaí!



Phone was active in that area until five on Friday, so if you are looking, have a good look!

Ricky91t

omerin wrote: »

I think the heli picks up on body heat only, so I think the Ballincollig body was discovered by search and rescue.
Hope he's found soon.

It does but they have the advantage of being above the water instead of looking along it, I'm pretty sure during the day the thermal camera(picks up body heat) can be used as a normal camera for searching.

I think searches stopped at 7pm tonight and start again at 10am tomorrow.

Papa_Lazarou

rebel girl 15 wrote: »

UCCSU is asking ALL students located near St. Finbarr's Cathedral, Barrack Street and College Road to check their gardens, bushes and bins for Caolans phone. Especially students who have been away for the weekend. The phone is an LG cookie, see picture below. Any student who finds the phone should immediately contact the Gardaí!



Phone was active in that area until five on Friday, so if you are looking, have a good look!

Fairly important that people do it tonight or really early tomorrow as most of the bins around St.finbarrs cathedral/college road are collected tomorrow morning.

IHeartChemistry

Papa_Lazarou wrote: »

Fairly important that people do it tonight or really early tomorrow as most of the bins around St.finbarrs cathedral/college road are collected tomorrow morning.

Checked ours and nadda. I hope everyone does check! Checked other bins around where I live as well and saw nothing either!

Has anyone heard anymore news? I went for a walk today and all the posters up are heart breaking

superstoner90

How come this wasent on the news?

Hogzy

superstoner90 wrote: »

How come this wasent on the news?

I dont want to sound insensitive but he is not missing long enough for this to be a dedicated story on the national news. Unfortunate as that sounds.

rebel girl 15

Hogzy wrote: »

I dont want to sound insensitive but he is not missing long enough for this to be a dedicated story on the national news. Unfortunate as that sounds.

It was mentioned on Saturday afaik

http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1203/missing.html

Hogzy

rebel girl 15 wrote: »

It was mentioned on Saturday afaik

http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1203/missing.html

Yeah it got a mention but that was it. And it was mixed with the other teenager who is missing.

Unfortunatly people go missing very frequently. A guy was missing for 4 days in Dublin and was found safe yesterday. So maybe that is putting the papers/TV from running the story more.

dog_pig

It says in today's Irish Mail on Sunday that his body was found in the river, I'm pretty sure it's a mistake though.

rebel girl 15

dog_pig wrote: »

It says in today's Irish Mail on Sunday that his body was found in the river, I'm pretty sure it's a mistake though.

Probably not his body, but I wouldn't be surprised if there was one pulled from the river, given the high number pulled from there in the last 2 weeks

superstoner90

Hogzy wrote: »

I dont want to sound insensitive but he is not missing long enough for this to be a dedicated story on the national news. Unfortunate as that sounds.

oh right , was just wondering

rebel girl 15

Hogzy wrote: »

Yeah it got a mention but that was it. And it was mixed with the other teenager who is missing.

Unfortunatly people go missing very frequently. A guy was missing for 4 days in Dublin and was found safe yesterday. So maybe that is putting the papers/TV from running the story more.

Very very frequently, and a lot are not found. Relation of mine was involved in a missing persons campaign last year, which is continuing this year, and funding is so little for those organisations. I was looking for a link to their calendar, and found this article, which mentions that over 8000 people per year go missing, with over 100 cases unsolved per year

Screaminmidget

superstoner90 wrote: »

How come this wasent on the news?

Twas mentioned on TG4 today aswell

superstoner90

Screaminmidget wrote: »

Twas mentioned on TG4 today aswell

i ment RTE news dont watch TG4

.E_C_K_S.

dog_pig wrote: »

It says in today's Irish Mail on Sunday that his body was found in the river, I'm pretty sure it's a mistake though.

I believe that was the body of a man from Balincollig.
Sickening how they had a piece with the wrong information but sure hey what's new:rolleyes:

rebel girl 15

WALSHY16291 wrote: »

I believe that was the body of a man from Balincollig.
Sickening how they had a piece with the wrong information but sure hey what's new:rolleyes:

He was found on Wednesday or Thursday iirc

Hogzy

Mr.S wrote: »

I don't want to cause offense, so don't attack me, I hope this fellah turns up safe and sound but:

Why was the "missing" notice put up SO early? the first reports came up online less then 24 hours after he was "missing".

Who came up with the conclusion hes missing, who's to say hes not gone somewhere for the weekend on the sly, wanted to be alone etc?

I'm just saying, a lad in college, its hardly crazy for him to go a few days without contact with anyone?!

Thats moot now though seeing as he is clearly missing now.
It may be normal for you not to contact anyone for a few days and go away but it wouldnt be for me. If i went on a night out and hadnt been seen for a few days, hadnt contacted my parents (whom i live with) or my girlfriend it would be quite clear that something was up. I am assuming it is the same for Caolan.

rebel girl 15

Mr.S wrote: »

I don't want to cause offense, so don't attack me, I hope this fellah turns up safe and sound but:

Why was the "missing" notice put up SO early? the first reports came up online less then 24 hours after he was "missing".

Who came up with the conclusion hes missing, who's to say hes not gone somewhere for the weekend on the sly, wanted to be alone etc?

I'm just saying, a lad in college, its hardly crazy for him to go a few days without contact with anyone?!

Fair question, but I reckon people closer to the lad would know the type of person that he is - it was friends of his that raised the alarm, around 20 hours after they last saw him, which depending on the person is a short enough time for people not to be communicating with others. He could be the type of person not to miss a lecture, which would seem wrong to people close to him.

.E_C_K_S.

Ha been brought up before on the FB page.Going by what was said they don't think he was the type of lad to do this to his family or friends. I hope it is the case but it's very worrying at this stage unfortunately.

IHeartChemistry

Mr.S wrote: »

People can be unpredictable though.

I'm not saying theres no need for concern, just maybe its a little pre-mature for the level of coverage this has gotten, and the weekends not even over.

Hope he turns up in any case.

I suppose when it's one of your own, you panic and do what you can to help.

and +1 to the unpredictableness. You just never know whats going through a persons head.

Owen

There was a woman pulled from the river near the Julia ferry tonight. WTF is going on ...

Owen

That's three this week in Cork alone though. I really hope Caolan isn't number 4.

IHeartChemistry

Owen wrote: »

There was a woman pulled from the river near the Julia ferry tonight. WTF is going on ...

Alive though, thank god.

IHeartChemistry

Owen wrote: »

That's three this week in Cork alone though. I really hope Caolan isn't number 4.

3? I've only heard of 2! The guy in Ballincollig and the woman pulled out alive this evening. I know someone jumped in Tues or Wed but wasn't that the guy whos body was found in Ballincollig?