Northern Ireland

Police appeal for information on missing siblings thought to be travelling with mother and father

Kathleen and Martin Maughan with their children in a photo thought to have been taken five or six years ago. Picture: PSNI
Kathleen and Martin Maughan with their children in a photo thought to have been taken five or six years ago. Picture: PSNI Kathleen and Martin Maughan with their children in a photo thought to have been taken five or six years ago. Picture: PSNI

POLICE have appealed for the public's help in locating four children reported missing in Co Fermanagh.

The siblings, three girls and a boy, are believed to be with their mother and father, Kathleen and Martin Maughan, and it is thought they may have travelled to the Republic.

The four children are Louise (16), Marie Theresa (15), Owen (12) and Christina Maughan (8), and were reported missing from the Lisnaskea area last Thursday.

A photo of the children with their parents, taken around five or six years ago, has been released by police.

PSNI Chief Inspector Lynne Corbett said: “We are asking that Kathleen or Martin, the children, or anyone who knows of their whereabouts, get in touch with police and let us know where the children are and that they are safe.

"I would also ask that they be returned to Northern Ireland as soon as possible. Police can be contacted by calling 101, quoting reference 1181 05/10/23.”