Brother pays tribute to support as hunt for Liam is stepped up

The Broughty Ferry brother of Liam Colgan has praised the support of pubs who are staging a weekend-long event to raise funds for his search.

The 29-year-old former Perth College student was on his brother Eamonn’s stag weekend in Hamburg when he vanished in the early hours of Saturday, February 10.

Almost a month after his disappearance, pubs around his home city of Inverness have joined the One For Liam fundraiser between Friday and Sunday to help volunteers in Germany looking for him.

Dundee police officer Eamonn, 33, was due to marry his fiancée Susan Dolan last Friday but the couple, who live near Broughty Ferry, postponed their big day after Dundee United fan Liam disappeared.

He said: “It’s been a great reaction, at the last count we had 27 bars just in Inverness.

“It’s been an incredible response from the community in general.

“We’re still getting reported sightings of Liam, the last would have been on Saturday.

“We’re hoping through our enormous leaflet drop – 300,000 through the post – that we will start getting them in again.

“I’m keeping hope and remaining positive. We’ve got to remain hopeful that he’s out there and he’s been confused.”

Friends and relatives last saw Liam in the Veermaster Bar and he has been identified on CCTV footage from the Baumwell area after leaving the bar.

Tommy O’Connor, who set up the One for Liam event, said: “When a customer comes into the bar they can say ‘one for Liam’ as well and that will go to help the search.”