Gardaí have appealed for information on the 29th anniversary of the disappearance and murder of Jo Jo Dullard in November 1995.
On 9 November 1995, Ms Dullard travelled to Dublin where she spent the evening socialising in Bruxelles Bar on Harry Street.
She missed her last bus home to Kilkenny that evening and instead at 10pm boarded a bus to Naas, Co Kildare, where she then intended to hitchhike the rest of the way home to Callan, in Co Kilkenny.
Ms Dullard hitched a lift from Naas to the slip road on the M9 motorway at Kilcullen, Co Kildare. At approximately 11.15pm, she hitched another lift to Moone, Co Kildare.
In Moone, Ms Dullard made a telephone call to her friend Mary Cullinan at 11.37pm.
During that call, Ms Dullard told Ms Cullinan that a car had stopped for her, and she was going to take the lift.
This was the last known interaction with Jo Jo Dullard.
On Friday 10 November 1995, Ms Dullard's sister, Kathleen, reported her missing and a missing persons investigation commenced. Ms Dullard was 21 years old when she disappeared.
Speaking of her disappearance, Ms Dullard's sister, Kathleen, said "that day she went to Dublin, our lives changed forever. She's out there, somewhere, and we need to bring her home.
"After all these years, I think she deserves to be brought home and laid to rest beside mam and dad. Every one of us wants to see Jo Jo brought home. Somebody has information out there, we would ask them to look into their hearts, to please find the strength and the courage to come forward and help us bring Jo Jo home," she added.
The disappearance of Ms Dullard has been the subject of a sustained garda investigation, by the investigation team based at Naas Garda Station.
The investigation is subject to ongoing review by the Serious Crime Review Team, National Bureau of Criminal Investigation.
In November 2020, on the 25th Anniversary of her disappearance, gardaí confirmed that her disappearance was now classified as a murder investigation as they were satisfied that serious harm came to Ms Dullard on or about the night of 9 November 1995.
No person has been brought to justice for the murder of Jo Jo Dullard at this time.
Anyone with information has been asked to contact Naas Garda Station on 045 884 300 or any garda station with any information they may have. Anyone who wishes to provide information confidentially should contact the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111.
