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A 30-year-old car may hold the clue to solving the mystery of an Irish couple who disappeared in 1991.

Conor and Sheila Dwyer, both in their 60s, went missing from their home in Fermoy, Co Cork on April 30, 27 years ago.

Gardai have said that a 30-year-old Toyota Cressida car or its part might help uncover the mystery.

(Image: garda.ie/en/Missing-Persons/)

The couple’s fate is unknown despite a major investigation which is still active.

Gardai believe tracing the car will help them solve one of Ireland’s most baffling missing persons cases.

Members of the public have been urged to contact the gardai should they have any information regarding the case.

The car is a white saloon with the registration number 5797 ZT and has never been found.

A garda source told the Irish Independent: “Without any possible sightings to investigate, our best hope is tracing that Toyota Cressida car.

"Or what might remain of it, such as a licence plate or engine block."

The couple disappeared and left behind all their travel documents at their Chapel Hill home.

There bank accounts were never accessed either.

But in 1993 there was a possible sighting reported in Munich, Germany but both Bavarian police and Interpol were unable to confirm it.

This sighting was of great interest to the gardai because Mr Dwyer worked for a German businessman in Ireland for a time.

The last contact with the couple was when Ms Dwyer spoke to her sister on the phone on May 1.

The last sighting was when a neighbour saw them at 9.30 am near their home on April 30 as the pair left to attend a funeral.

The gardai were alerted on May 22 by Ms Dwyer’s sisters, Maisie and Nellie, who were worried after being unable to locate the couple.