The family and friends of missing Offaly woman Fiona Pender will lay a wreath in her memory today.

It is 16 years since the 25-year-old pregnant hairdresser disappeared from her flat on Church Street in Tullamore.

Just over a year before she vanished her brother Mark was killed in a motorcycle accident.

Her father Sean took his own life in 2000 ”“ it is a death her mother Josephine attributes to his heartbreak over the loss of his children.

On the 16th anniversary of her disappearance her family hope the case will be re-opened.

Detective Superintendent Dominic Hayes has been appointed to review files after her mother Josephine wrote to the Garda Commissioner.

Her mother Josephine told Midlands Radio the hurt is never ending.