A search is continuing in the Crookstown-Newcestown area of Co Cork for an 11-year-old girl who has been missing since Friday night.
Today sniffer dogs were brought in to help in the search.
Gardaí now fear Catherine O' Driscoll, who is a member of the travelling community, may have hitched a lift away from the area near Beal na Mbláth where her family have lived for the past three years.
She is described as 4'00", of thin build, with blue eyes and shoulder-length blonde hair. and was wearing navy trousers, brown shoes and a brown 'hoodie' type top.
Anyone with information is asked to contact gardaí at Macroom on 026-20590 or the Garda Confidential Line on 1800-666111.
