Gardai are searching for a convicted sex offender, who's believed to have travelled here from Scotland.

19 year old Mian Shahid, a Pakistani national, was convicted of sexual assault in England in April and he was sentenced to two and a half years in jail.

Gardai have been issued with a European arrest warrant for the man who was last seen in the Foynes area of Limerick on 11th August.

They're asking a driver of a car in which Shahid was seen as a passenger in the Foynes area to get in touch, or anyone with information on his whereabouts.