Man arrested on suspicion of murdering missing Irish schoolboy Kyran Durnin
Irish police suspect Kyran may have died in 2022 aged six. He was reported missing in August this year.
Thursday 12 December 2024 11:44, UK
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering an Irish schoolboy who has potentially been missing for more than two years.
Police launched a murder investigation in October into the disappearance of Kyran Durnin from County Louth.
Kyran was reported missing two months earlier but it is suspected that the boy might have died in 2022 when he was just six years old.
Two houses in the Drogheda area have been searched today as part of the hunt for Kyran. In late October, investigators also searched a former family home in Dundalk and adjoining land.
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The arrested man is being held at a police station in the east of the country.
On Tuesday, a woman was arrested and questioned by Irish police before being released without charge 24 hours later.
Ireland's Child and Family Agency, Tusla, submitted a report on its engagement with Kyran and his family to the Minister for Children last month.