Mother speaks on 20 year mark of disappearance

Fiona Pender went missing from her county Offaly home on August 23rd 1996 – today marks 20 years since she disappeared. 

The 25 year old hairdresser was pregnant at the time she went missing. 

The case has been the subject of Garda reviews and a number of digs and searches have taken place in the Laois Offaly area in the years since her disappearance. 

Her mum Josephine says it's hard not to lose hope of finding her.