Gardaí following up on "huge volume" of calls in probe into disappearance of Kyran Durnin

Gardaí probing the disappearance of Kyran Durnin are following up on a “huge volume” of calls.

Some have included claimed sightings of the boy, which detectives hope will aid them in establishing when he was last seen alive, and whether that was over two years ago as suspected.

As a search and excavation operation at the former Durnin family home in Dundalk, Co Louth, concluded on Thursday, with no major discoveries made, Gardaí were expected to look at another property connected to the family in Drogheda.

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However, detectives appeared to be no closer to making arrests, with sources saying it would be a “strategic error” to detain any persons of interest at this point in the investigation. A source told the Irish Mirror on Friday night: “There are unlikely to be any developments in this now in the short term.”

They added arrests could be made only when evidence gathered by Gardaí provided the grounds for such a move. Officers suspect that Kyran may have died in 2022 when he was aged six.

Last week, they opened a murder investigation months after Kyran was reported missing along with his mother. She has been located, but investigators say the whereabouts of Kyran remain unknown and he’s now presumed dead.

A Garda spokesman said: “An Garda Siochana continue to appeal to anyone who has any information in connection with the disappearance of Kyran to contact investigating Gardaí. Do not rule out any information that you may have. Please do not assume that the investigation team know the information that you may have.

“Any information, no matter how insignificant it may seem, will be welcomed by the investigation team. This information will be treated in the strictest confidence.”

It comes as the Garda Commissioner described the case as “extraordinary”, saying he has never seen one like it in his 40-year career. He said investigators are pursuing the case with “full vigour and resources”, adding: “I’ve over 40 years now in the police, and I’ve not seen really the like.”

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