Searches for three missing teenage girls stood down as gardai issue updates
Gardai say the three girls have been located 'safe and well'
Separate searches for three teenage girls who had been reported missing around the country have been stood down after all three were located, gardai have confirmed.
Gardai in Kildare, Westmeath and Kilkenny had issued public appeals in recent days seeking help in locating the three girls - who were separately reported missing since Tuesday.
In updates, issued separately, gardai have now confirmed that all three girls - Amber Martin, 16, from Athy, County Kildare; Kelsey Kenny, 15, from Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath and Danielle Breen, 15, from Kilcreene, County Kilkenny - have since been located 'safe and well'.
No further details have been disclosed publicly as to the circumstances in which any of the three were located.
However, gardai have thanked members of the public and the media for their assistance with each of the appeals.