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‘Hope is diminishing’- Fears missing Kerry farmer will never be found as local TD reveals ‘he could be far away’ concern
“Hope is diminishing” that missing farmer Michael Gaine will be found after going missing over a week ago, a local TD has said.
Michael, 56, was last seen on March 20 buying phone credit in a Centra store in Kenmare town.


He was captured on CCTV in the store just before 10am and drove away in his bronze coloured RAV4.
The vehicle was found parked on his farmyard and with personal belongings such as Michael’s wallet being discovered in the vehicle after his disappearance.
He was reported missing from his home on March 21 after failing to make contact with his family, prompting a high profile Garda search operation.
However, over a week on Kerry TD and local man Danny Healy-Rae has said the concern is now Michael will never be found, leaving the town with “no closure”.
Danny told The Irish Sun: “At the minute, there isn’t much hope that he’ll be found alive. And maybe hope is diminishing that he’ll be found at all, which is worse, I guess. There’s never closure then.”
Gardai have been stationed at Michael’s farmland outside Kenmare since searches began for him over a week ago.
It is understood gardai took Michael’s vehicle from the farm for a examination.
Danny Healy-Rae also revealed the items Michael was captured on CCTV purchasing were found in his car after he was reported missing.
He said there are fears that Michael may not have “went anywhere of his own thoughts”.
He told us: “As we know, he got a sandwich and topped up his phone. He left those in the car, and his wallet as well.
“It doesn’t look like he went anywhere of his own thoughts anyway.”
Danny said: “He was missing for a day before it was discovered really – before the search began.
“So, some people are thinking he could be far away.”
Gardai have not ruled out foul play as part of their investigation into the disappearance.
SEARCH OPERATION
Extensive searches have taken place across Kenmare and the MacGillycuddy’s Reeks mountain area over the past week in attempts to locate the missing sheep and cow farmer.
Slurry tanks on his farm have been emptied and searched, while land on the farmyard was excavated.
But Danny Healy-Rae has now told how it is looking unlikely Michael will be found on his own land.
He told us: “People are searching, the sea rescuers have gone out in boats and everything.
“It’s becoming a mystery now. The place was combed, and he’s not in his own territory anywhere, his own vicinity. And it’s a mystery as to where he’s gone or where he is.”
‘CAN’T GET IT OUT OF OUR HEADS’
Deputy Healy-Rae, who knows Michael and his family well, has said his wife and sisters are “very upset” as the search drags on.
He said today: “The family are very upset. The sisters and all the cousins and his wife, of course.
“So they must be all devastated. There’s no answer after 10 days.”
He added: “We can’t get it out of our heads at all. I knew him from when I knew his mother and father before him.”
“At the minute, there isn’t much hope that he’ll be found alive. And maybe hope is diminishing that he’ll be found at all, which is worse, I guess. There’s never closure then.”
Danny Healy-Rae
Divers from the Garda Sub Aqua unit were deployed to Kenmare during the week to search a number of water locations around Kenmare, Moll’s Gap and the MacGillycuddy’s Reeks.
A disused quarry just a few kilometres from Michael’s home was also probed.
And boats from Kenmare Pier were out searching as recently as this morning.
Hundreds of volunteers aided gardai in land searches in the first few days after his disappearance.
And checkpoints were set up by gardai across Kenmare over the past week in an attempt find out any key information.
