Kildare undertaker and nursing home trying to trace relatives of elderly man who died on Saturday

A search is on today to find the next-of-kin of a man who was a resident of a Maynooth nursing home and who died in Connolly Hospital in Dublin on Saturday.

All that is known of John McMullen (87) is that he was previously a sailor and also had links with Coleraine in Co Derry.

He had been a resident of Moyglare Nursing Home for the past five years but received no visitors.

He often spoke of a brother but didn't reveal his name.

His date of birth was September 25, 1928.

Moyglare Nursing Home and Reilly's Funeral Directors have issued a joint appeal for information on John's family so that funeral arrangements can be made.

Please contact Moyglare Nursing Home 01 628 9022 or Reilly's Funeral Directors at 045 868230 if you know any of his family.