Opinion

Prayers for Lisa Dorrian

There will be enormous sympathy for the family of the missing Co Down woman Lisa Dorrian as specialist police teams intensify their search of farmlands on the basis of what has been described as specific new information.

Lisa (25) disappeared from a caravan park almost 11 years ago, and it is widely believed that she was killed by individuals linked to the drugs trade before being secretly buried in the Comber area.

There can be no guarantee that the latest operation will result in a breakthrough but her relatives and friends have been given a degree of hope after years of agony.

After such an appalling ordeal, the least they deserve is the opportunity to give Lisa a Christian burial.