Gardai have renewed their appeal for help tracing a man who's been missing from Kilkenny City for over a year.

47-year-old Valerijs Zimecs was last seen on the morning of the first of November, 2015, at the Freshford Road/Talbot Court Estate in Kilkenny.

He's described as being 6 foot in height, of stocky build, with black hair.

When last seen he was wearing blue jeans and a grey sweatshirt.