A search of a public park with forestry and a lake is taking place in Dublin as part of the investigation into the disappearance of an Icelandic man who went missing in the city five years ago.
Jon Jonsson left the Bonnington Hotel on the Swords Road in Whitehall at around 11am on Saturday 9 February 2019.
The 41-year-old was last seen a short time later walking past the entrance to Highfield Hospital and heading in the direction of the Collins Avenue junction.
Gardaí at Ballymun, supported by the underwater unit and specialist cadaver dogs, began the search at Santry Demense this morning.
The park is approximately 3.5km from where Mr Jonsson was last seen.
The search was started following information received by gardaí in two anonymous letters.
It is understood the information is vague and the investigation team has appealed to the author, or authors, of the correspondences to make direct contact with them.
They say any contact "will be dealt with in the strictest confidence".
The garda search will continue today and tomorrow and involve searching the lake, island, woodlands and other areas of the park.
Mr Jonsson had been in Ireland with his fiancée to attend a poker tournament and for a holiday.
He arrived in Dublin on Friday 8 February and Jana Gudjonsdottir arrived the following day.
Mr Jonsson is described as being 1.82m (6ft) tall, of medium build, with short brown hair.
Ms Hildur described her brother as "the rock of the family" and she said he was "like a second dad" to her and her siblings.
She said his disappearance "is a mystery" and she said her brother "had plans for his life".
"There has been no trace at all," she added.
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