A woman has made an emotional appeal for her mother to make contact, after she went missing from her home in County Donegal.
68-year-old Ann O'Donoghue has been missing since Tuesday from the Annagry area.
She is described as being 5'2" in height, with blonde shoulder-length hair and of slim build.
Ann's daughter Alice made an appeal for the public's help on The Pat Kenny Show, and urged her mum to make contact if she can.
She said: "We just want you to come home please.
"We just want to know that you're OK, and we're waiting for you at home."
Alice said Tuesday started off as a normal day before her mother's disappearance.
She said: "My dad goes into hospital three times a week, and he was in on Tuesday... he left in the morning. I was at work myself... I work freelance in Dublin, so I wasn't at home.
"Mum was at home on her own on Tuesday. She phoned my dad at about half one asking about what to do for dinner. I got a text message from her at half one.
"The last contact we had from her was an unusual text message at about 5:30 in the evening. We don't know if she had left the house before then."
Ann left in her car, a sky-blue Subaru Forester with registration number 162-D-8469.
Alice said it's a jeep/SUV type car, and there are not many of them around so they do stand out.
Search
Gardaí have been helping the family locate Ann, and they got a ping on her phone from a mast yesterday at around 12:30.
There was a similar ping in the Lough Derg area of south County Donegal earlier this morning.
Alice is urging people all around the country to keep an eye out for her mother.
She said: "It doesn't seem to be premeditated - it's as if she got in the car to go to the shop or a drive, and she's just kept driving.
"We're really reaching out to anyone across the whole country to keep an extra eye... even if you're down in Cork, Waterford, Cavan or anything at all.
"She could have gone a long way from Donegal since Tuesday evening."
Alice said there doesn't seem to be any clothes or luggage missing from the family home.
She explained: "[Mum] seems to have her phone, her purse and we're hoping her bank card with her.
"To the best of mine and my father's knowledge, she has no medical, psychological or mental health issues.
"She did take the lockdown very seriously, because of my dad's underlying issues.
"She was a dentist herself before she retired two years ago, so she understands the gravity of taking these things seriously."
Anyone with information on Ann's whereabouts are asked to contact gardaí in Milford on 074 915 3060 or the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111.
