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It is not known what Francis was wearing when he went missing, but he is believed to be using a black BMW with a registration: 07-SO-2426.

In a statement issued on Sunday, a Garda spokesperson said: "Gardai are seeking the public's help in tracing Francis Kavanagh, 61, who is missing from his home at Sruthan Mhuirlinne, Ballybane in Galway since Thursday 18th January 2017.

"He is described as 6' 2'', of medium build with short grey hair and blue eyes. It is not know what he was wearing when he went missing. Francis is believed to be using a Black BMW 07 SO 2426."

Anyone with information or who may have seen Francis is asked to contact Galway Garda Station on 091 538000.

UPDATE: Gardai have confirmed Francis Kavanagh has sinceits opposition to statutorily mandated rigid sentencing, as I pointed out in my testimony on July 28, 1993 before the House Judiciary Committee as Chair of the Criminal Law Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States, a position I held from October 1990 to October 1993. I told Congress: "I am here to express the complete and unmitigated opposition of the federal judges of this country to mandatory minimums." For further discussion, see Broderick, The Delusion of Mandatory Sentencing, 30 Trial # 8 at 62 (August 1994).
[2]  As in constitutional cases:

"To decide, we turn to the words ... read in their historical setting as revealing the purposes of [the] framers, and search for admissible meanings ... which, in the circumstances of their application will effectuate