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Renewed appeal over murder of Antoinette Smith in 1987

Antoinette Smith went missing after attending a David Bowie concert in Slane in 1987
Antoinette Smith went missing after attending a David Bowie concert in Slane in 1987

A renewed appeal for information has been issued by gardaí investigating the murder of a 27-year-old woman, whose remains were discovered on a mountain in Co Wicklow 36 years ago.

Mother-of-two Antoinette Smith was reported missing in 1987 by her husband after she failed to return home after attending a David Bowie concert in Slane.

Ms Smith and her friend went to the concert in Co Meath on Saturday 11 July 1987. They returned to Dublin by bus, arriving in Parnell Square at around 11pm.

The women then went to the La Mirage disco on Parnell Street, where they met two men that they knew, and all four left the club shortly after 2am.

Ms Smith's friend then left and Ms Smith spoke to the two men for some time until all three walked to a taxi rank a short distance away on O'Connell Street. The men got a taxi to the Ballymun area, while Ms Smith continued to walk by the Gresham Hotel towards O'Connell Bridge.

She was subsequently reported missing to gardaí by her husband.

Her remains were found on Glendoo Mountain, near the Lemass monument and close to Glencree/Enniskerry, on 3 April 1988.

Her children, Lisa and Rachel, were aged seven and four when she went missing.

Antoinette Smith's daughters at a previous appeal for information

Gardaí are appealing to anyone who may have information since 1987, or who may have come into possession of information in the intervening years, to come forward.

They are also urging anyone, who 36 years on and who may want to come forward, to do so, especially if relationships or associations may have changed over the years and said anyone who does so will be treated in a sensitive manner.

Anyone with information can contact Bray Garda Station on 01 666 5300, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any garda station.