{"id":478258,"date":"2026-05-10T21:08:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T21:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/478258\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T21:08:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T21:08:12","slug":"gardai-concerned-for-missing-man-in-grey-toyota-who-may-have-travelled-to-other-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/478258\/","title":{"rendered":"Gardai concerned for missing man in grey Toyota who may have travelled to other county"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Martin Gibbons, who is 46 years old, was reported missing since Saturday, May 9 2026<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/696852109_122193465734387604_4674805926269818991_n.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\" Martin Gibbons (46) who was reported missing from Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo since Saturday 9th May 2026.\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\"> Martin Gibbons (46) who was reported missing from Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo since Saturday 9th May 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Gardai have issued an urgent <a aria-label=\"missing persons appealLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/all-about\/missing-persons\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">missing persons appeal<\/a> following the disappearance of a man in his mid-40s over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Martin Gibbons, who is 46 years old, was reported missing from Ballinrobe, <a aria-label=\"Co MayoLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/all-about\/mayo\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Co Mayo<\/a> since Saturday, May 9 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a aria-label=\"GardaiLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/all-about\/an-garda-siochana\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Gardai<\/a> have described Martin as being approximately six feet, one inch in height. He has a strong build. He is also bald and has blue eyes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Unfortunately, it is not known what Martin was wearing when he went missing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Gardai have reason to believe that Martin may have travelled to the Mullingar or Rathowen areas of <a aria-label=\"Co WestmeathLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/all-about\/westmeath\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Co Westmeath<\/a> and he has access to a grey Toyota Proace with a 232-CE registration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Gardai and Martin&#8217;s family have expressed concern for Martin&#8217;s well-being.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Anyone with information that could assist Gardai with their appeal is asked to make contact with authorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A spokesperson for An Garda Siochana told <a aria-label=\"the Irish MirrorLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">the Irish Mirror<\/a>: &#8220;Anyone with information on Martin\u2019s whereabouts is asked to contact Claremorris Garda Station on (094) 937 2080, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda station.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest news from the Irish Mirror direct to your inbox: <\/strong><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><a aria-label=\"Sign up here.Link opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=39e53cb8-b266-4e33-8d00-e9f7a38f420c&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Martin Gibbons, who is 46 years old, was reported missing since Saturday, May 9 2026 Martin Gibbons (46)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":478259,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[956,79,18,19,17,2354,30504,19871],"class_list":{"0":"post-478258","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-an-garda-siochana","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-mayo","14":"tag-missing-persons","15":"tag-westmeath"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116552329169327634","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/478259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}