Fears grow over disappearance of ‘vulnerable' Irish tourist missing from Spain since before blackout amid family plea
Barry Kelly's sister Colette sent out an SOS alert on
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She wrote on an expat Irish
"He has no charge in his phone and very little, if any money. We are trying to get him home, but cannot contact him.
'If anybody sees him, please let us know. He may be in a vulnerable place.
'His name is Barry Kelly. He was wearing a denim jacket, white t-shirt and green combat trousers.
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"We have had no contact since Saturday. Thank you all.'
It was not immediately clear where in Ireland Barry comes from or what age he is and whether he was trying to get back home when he vanished.
Colette is from Co
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Jason Taylor, 36, vanished as he waited for a flight back to
Ireland's Longest Unsolved Missing Persons Cases
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Detectives took the unusual step of naming Nicole Claire Ryan after making an 'urgent' appeal for information on her whereabouts.
The search for the 46-year-old focused on the popular Puerto Rico tourist area in the south of Gran Canaria before she was reunited with her family near a bus stop on the island on Christmas Eve.
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Police could not be reached early this morning for comment on Barry's disappearance.
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Barry's family are concerned for him
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