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Big increase in missing persons

  • 09-02-2014 12:05pm
    #1
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,157 ✭✭✭✭


    Is it or me or is there quite a big increase in missing persons in the last year?

    It just seems like a lot more than before.

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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  • #2
    lukesmom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,400 ✭✭✭lukesmom


    Yes I've noticed that too. It's both genders and all ages, there really is a mix. Quite a few are found safely but there is an undeniably large proportion that are found dead in tragic circumstances mainly suicide :(


  • #3
    maguic24
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,790 ✭✭✭maguic24


    It could be that there is just more publicity around it nowadays. People take it a lot more seriously, although, I too have noticed it as well! It seems there's a person missing every week. :(


  • #4
    sonyvision
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 594 ✭✭✭sonyvision


    I think its around the same...

    they just seem to get more news time and facebook time now.

    alot of people go missing but are often found in a few days or hours so they never make the news... i know of 4 situation where people were reporting missing a search was undertaken and all found in 24 hours

    if all cases made the news that the gardia/ coast gaurd/ fire service and other emergancy servives have been tasked to its true shocking


  • #5
    Banjo String
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    Can't really say for certainty if there's more, or just more awareness of it these days.

    Social media such as Facebook, Twitter etc, then various missing persons websites and media sites like boards.

    I'm still lucky that at 36, I still don't know personally anyone that has disappeared. I hope it stays that way too.


  • #6
    sonyvision
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 594 ✭✭✭sonyvision


    I think its around the same...

    they just seem to get more news time and facebook time now.

    alot of people go missing but are often found in a few days or hours so they never make the news... i know of 4 situation where people were reporting missing a search was undertaken and all found in 24 hours

    if all cases made the news that the gardia/ coast gaurd/ fire service and other emergancy servives have been tasked to its true shocking


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  • #7
    mikom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,391 ✭✭✭✭mikom


    Banjo String wrote: »

    I'm still lucky that at 36, I still don't know personally anyone that has disappeared. I hope it stays that way too.

    Liar........... what about frank black? :pac:


  • #8
    Matt_Trakker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,052 ✭✭✭Matt_Trakker


    It's the same, there's just more media outlets. More media outlets mean less proper news to go around so smaller stories get more space.


  • #9
    Fiolina
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 623 ✭✭✭Fiolina


    I put up a thread awhile ago about missing woman Ann Reilly from Finglas. Could you please share the link as her family are extremely worried. Thanks


  • #10
    maguic24
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,790 ✭✭✭maguic24


    Fiolina wrote: »
    I put up a thread awhile ago about missing woman Ann Reilly from Finglas. Could you please share the link as her family are extremely worried. Thanks

    Hi Fiolina, I'll share it on my twitter. Hopefully she is found safe and sound. <3 X


  • #11
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,157 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    maguic24 wrote: »
    It could be that there is just more publicity around it nowadays. People take it a lot more seriously, although, I too have noticed it as well! It seems there's a person missing every week. :(
    I counted 4 this week

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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  • #12
    sawdoubters
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,288 ✭✭✭sawdoubters


    Fiolina wrote: »
    I put up a thread awhile ago about missing woman Ann Reilly from Finglas. Could you please share the link as her family are extremely worried. Thanks


    as the guards are not looking for anyone


  • #13
    lukesmom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,400 ✭✭✭lukesmom


    sawdoubters wrote: »
    as the guards are not looking for anyone

    Yeah the lady was found r.I.p


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