Search resumes for Cork student

The search has resumed today for a University College Cork student who has been missing since early on Thursday morning.

The search has resumed today for a University College Cork student who has been missing since early on Thursday morning.

Brian Ó Tuama (19), Ballyvourney, Co Cork, has not been seen since he left friends at Daunt Square in Cork city centre at 1.45am last Thursday. A second-year arts student, he had been with friends at Gorby’s nightclub in Cork city centre.

He left the club at 1.40 am and was seen about five minutes later outside McDonald’s on Daunt Square at the end of Patrick Street.

About 200 people from Ballyvourney and UCC Cork joined gardaí in searching the city centre yesterday, and a team of Naval divers is searching the river Lee.