Christmas day is no different to every other day for father of Deirdre Jacob, who says ' we are reminded all the time'

This Christmas season a new poster campaign was launched in a bid  to assist the 18 year  search for a Newbridge woman.

Newbridge Kildare Lions Club, along with Deirdre Jacob's  parents Michael and Bernadette,  released the new poster campaign this December.

On July 28, 1998, Ms Jacob  who was 18 - years-old  left her home at about noon and walked into Newbridge to visit her grandmother.  She then went to the AIB in Newbridge to get a bank draft to pay for student accommodation in St Mary’s College, Twickenham, where she was training to be a teacher.

She went from the  bank, to the post office and returned back to her grandmother before setting out on the walk back home. It takes about twenty five minutes to walk to her house from Newbridge. She was last seen at approximately 3.30pm at the gateway to her house in Roseberry, Newbridge. She did not however make it to the doorway of her house and there have been no sightings of her since this.

She is described as being 5’2" in height, of slim build with  black/brown hair (short style), grey/green eyes and when last seen she was wearing a navy NIKE jumper with white collar, blue jeans and blue NIKE runners. She also had a very distinctive shoulder bag with the logo "CAT" on it.

Her mother, Bernadette, returned home from Naas between 6pm and 7pm that fateful Tuesday evening. She immediately sensed something was wrong when Deirdre was not at the house and the door was still locked.

Mr Jacob is at a loss to understand what happened his daughter. He said: "There were no complications in her life. Everything was running smoothly, her studies were going according to plan. It is on our mind all the time, sometimes it hits in a severe way. It is not just birthdays or at Christmas, it is everyday that she is missing. Time does not heal at all. We are reminded all the time."