The disappearance of an eight-year-old boy who police suspect might have been murdered two years in the past has left Eire “utterly heartbroken”, the Irish prime minister has stated.
Simon Harris made the remark as police investigating the disappearance of Kyran Durnin started excavating a piece of wasteland behind the boy’s former household dwelling in Dundalk, County Louth.
A digger was engaged on the land after the police search of the terraced home entered its second day.
Police opened a homicide investigation final week after Kyran was reported lacking alongside along with his mom on 30 August.
He was additionally reported to have been seen two days earlier than.
Kyran’s mom has been situated, however investigators say the boy’s whereabouts stay unknown and he’s now presumed lifeless.
Regardless of the reported sighting, officers consider he might have been murdered two years in the past.
The property being searched is thought to have been Kyran’s household dwelling for a lot of years till Could 2024, police have stated.
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Nonetheless, the present tenants usually are not believed to be linked to the boy’s disappearance.
The property was taken into possession of Irish police after they had been granted an order by the district court docket.
Talking within the Irish parliament as we speak, Taoiseach Mr Harris stated the “saddest and most painful thing” concerning the case is that no person requested the place he was for some two years.
He added: “I don’t think there’s a person on any side of this house, or a person in Ireland who isn’t both utterly horrified and utterly heartbroken at what is emerging in relation to the case of young Kyran Durnin.
“It is nothing to do with political institution or any kind of rhetoric like this. That is simply to do with primary humanity.”
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Mr Harris continued: “I think any one of us thinking that that could happen to any child is deeply upsetting, and it is going to require, and maybe I should say this at the outset, it is absolutely going to require a structure to get to the exact bottom of this. Of that, there is no doubt.
“However proper now, we have now to be very acutely aware of the truth that the gardai are very actively investigating this. To say there is a stay investigation beneath approach would seize it.”
The taoiseach urged anybody with info to contact police.
On Tuesday, Tusla, Eire’s baby and household company, stated it raised a “significant concern” across the lacking baby to police in August.
“We can confirm that whilst Kyran was not in the care of Tusla, our services had engaged with both he and his family,” Tusla stated.
“In August 2024, we alerted An Garda Siochana in relation to a significant concern about Kyran.
“Since August, we have now continued to help and work carefully with the gardai, and according to regular follow, all related info has been shared.”
Peadar Toibin, an elected representative for the Aontu party, told the parliament that Kyran is “considered one of 227 youngsters who’ve died in state care or identified to state care simply within the final 10 years”.
He stated that of these, 11 are identified to have been murdered.
