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26 Mar 2026

Searches for missing teenage girls stood down as gardai issue separate updates

Positive outcomes as Katie Stokes and Shola Fanthorpe are located after going missing from their Dublin homes

Searches for missing teenage girls stood down as gardai issue separate updates

In an update, issued this Monday morning, gardai have confirmed that there has been a positive outcome to each of the appeals

Appeals for assistance in locating two teenage girls who were reported missing late last week have been stood down, gardai have confirmed.

Separate appeals were issued after Katie Stokes, 15, and Shola Fanthorpe, 16, were separately reported as being missing from their homes in Tallaght, Dublin.

Shola was reported as missing last Thursday while Katie was reported as missing the following day.

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In an update, issued this Monday morning, gardai have confirmed that there has been a positive outcome to each of the appeals which were circulated nationwide.

Both girls, a spokesperson confirmed, have been located 'safe and well'.

No further information has been disclosed publicly and gardai have thanked members of the public and the media for their assistance with both appeals.

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