Walk in memory of Fiona Pender taking place in Tullamore this weekend
Fiona has been missing since 1996
The annual Fiona Pender memorial walk takes place on Sunday, September 15. The walk/run begins at 11.30am at the monument in honour of Fiona at the start of the Grand Canal Greenway at Convent View and continues to Boland's Lock.
People can choose to walk down one side, cross over at the lock and come back down the other side or they can walk back and forth on the same side.
Fiona Pender went missing in 1996 at the age of 25. She was seven months pregnant at the time of her disappearance.
The daughter of Sean and Josephine Pender, prior to her disappearance she worked as a hairdresser and a part-time model.
She was last seen by her partner John Thompson at her home on Church Street in Tullamore. Earlier in the day she had gone shopping with her mother to buy baby clothes.
There have been numerous searches for Fiona over the years, including the Grand Canal and the Tullamore River.
A wooden cross was discovered in Monicknew woods in the Slieve Bloom mountains in 2008. It read 'Fiona Pender Buried here,' but nothing was discovered.
Fiona was also included in the Garda 'Operation Trace' This was an inquiry into a number of high-profile disappearances of women in the 1990s. However, the mystery surrounding her disappearance continues.
On Sunday September 15, local people will gather to remember Fiona and her unborn baby.