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An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nDetectives searching for the remains of a 19-year-old Irishwoman who went missing 27 years ago have begun a dig at open ground in County Wexford. <\/p>\n Fiona Sinnott was the mother of an 11-month-old baby girl when she disappeared from her home village of Broadway in County Wexford in 1998.<\/p>\n She was socialising with friends at Butler’s pub in the village on Sunday 8 February that year and was last seen leaving the bar at about midnight. <\/p>\n Air space above the location of the dig has been temporarily restricted by the Irish Aviation Authority during the search operation and some roads will be closed. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n The area of land will be “subject to excavation, technical and forensic examinations over the coming days,” a Garda (Irish police) statement said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Speaking to Irish broadcaster RT\u00c9, the missing woman’s sister, Diane Sinnott, said the start of the dig has been an emotional day for their family. <\/p>\n “It’s been very hard not knowing where she is and that she’s still out there. <\/p>\n It’s just been a torment and hasn’t got any easier,” <\/p>\n “The two of us were typical children, teenagers, she was very bubbly, and she was loving life and had so much ahead of her.”<\/p>\n Ms Sinnott lived in Ballyhitt in Broadway with her daughter and was said to be planning her baby’s first birthday party at the time of her disappearance.<\/p>\n The garda statement added officers in the Wexford\/Wicklow area have “carried out a sustained investigation” into Ms Sinnott’s disappearace over the last 27 years.<\/p>\n Six people were arrested as part of their inquiries and officers have taken in excess of 500 statements of evidence. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Garda\u00ed said they are anxious to trace four people who were spotted in the vicinity on the night Ms Sinnott disappeared, but who have not yet come forward.<\/p>\n A motorist reported seeing a male and a female on the roadway near Kisha Cross, Broadway at about midnight on that Sunday night.<\/p>\n It has been previously reported that the pair seemed to be having a dispute or an argument at at the time. <\/p>\n There were also two males in their late teens or early 20 in close proximity. <\/p>\n Ms Sinnott was about 1.57m (5ft 2in) in height and weighed about 44kg (7 st) at the time she went missing. <\/p>\n She had shoulder-length auburn hair and brown eyes. <\/p>\n Garda\u00ed have reissued their appeal to anyone with any information in relation to the disappearance and murder of Ms Sinnott to contact them. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nTorment ‘hasn’t got any easier’ <\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
Four people yet to come forward<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n