{"id":316192,"date":"2026-02-02T09:23:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T09:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/316192\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T09:23:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T09:23:14","slug":"woman-questioned-by-gardai-over-disappearance-and-murder-of-kyran-durnin-returns-to-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/316192\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman questioned by gardai over disappearance and murder of Kyran Durnin returns to Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kyran was reported missing from his Louth home in August 2024, after the last confirmed sighting of him was two years previous when he was six years old\"LIttle<\/p>\n

LIttle Kyran was last seen alive in 2022.<\/p>\n

A suspect who was questioned by Gardai over the disappearance and murder of little Kyran Durnin<\/a> has been back in Ireland again.<\/p>\n

The woman was staying with a relative at a house in Drogheda<\/a> over the Christmas period for a number of weeks.<\/p>\n

Neighbours reported seeing her out and about around the town without a care in the world.<\/p>\n

The suspect had been living with a new partner in the East Anglia area of England for over a year and then returned back to the UK about three weeks ago.<\/p>\n

She had previously been arrested and questioned over missing Kyran but denied any involvement or knowledge of how the youngster vanished.<\/p>\n

\"Little<\/p>\n

Little Kyran would now be nine years old<\/p>\n

It is understood that she pointed the finger of blame at another individual who has since died.<\/p>\n

However, that man’s family is defending his innocence and supporting a previous statement of denial that he gave to detectives before he took his own life.<\/p>\n

He was regarded as a very good father to his own children by local people who lived beside him and anyone who knew him.<\/p>\n

Gardai<\/a> were aware that the suspect was back in Ireland but said they had no reason to bring her back in for questioning at this stage.<\/p>\n

Kyran was last seen alive in Co Louth<\/a> when he was six years old in the summer of 2022. He had lived with his mother Dayla Durnin at houses in both Drogheda and Dundalk.<\/p>\n

\"Kyran<\/p>\n

Kyran Durnin has been missing for over three years(Image: BBC Spotlight)<\/p>\n

But he wasn’t formally reported missing until August 30, 2024 when his grandmother informed Gardai both he and his mother had gone missing from her house in Drogheda.<\/p>\n

His mother was located six weeks later but the child has never been found. Gardai are convinced he had been murdered.<\/p>\n

Three different houses have been searched in Drogheda and Dundalk but so far no body has been found.<\/p>\n

Gardai confirmed over the weekend that the criminal investigation into Kyran’s disappearance and murder is continuing and that he would be nine years old if he were alive today.<\/p>\n

They are again appealing to the public for any information they might have in relation to the child to contact the incident room in Drogheda Garda Station.<\/p>\n

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Kyran Durnin. (Image: Irish Mirror)<\/p>\n

In a statement, they said: “The last known images of Kyran were taken in June, 2022 when Kyran was 6 years old. Despite extensive and ongoing enquiries carried out by Gardai to date, An Garda Siochana have been unable to locate Kyran or determine what has happened to Kyran.<\/p>\n

“Two persons, a woman and a man, have to date been arrested on suspicion of murder. Three domestic residences and adjoining lands have also been searched which included excavation works as well as a full forensic examination of each scene.<\/p>\n

“The Gardai are continuing to liaise with Tusla in respect of this investigation”.<\/p>\n

The Gardai said any information about the case no matter how insignificant it may seem would be welcomed by the investigation team.<\/p>\n

Any information will be treated in the strictest of confidence. If you can help the Gardai on this matter please call Drogheda Garda Station on 041-9874200. Any information will be treated in confidence.<\/p>\n

Detectives believe there is a conspiracy of silence by a number of people to stop them getting to the truth and finding the child’s remains.<\/p>\n

Sign up to the <\/strong>Irish Mirror’s Courts and Crime newsletter here<\/a><\/strong> and get breaking crime updates and news from the courts direct to your inbox.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kyran was reported missing from his Louth home in August 2024, after the last confirmed sighting of him…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316193,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[956,9,10,13415,18,13,14,6,19,17,24600,11,12,15,16,5,7,8],"class_list":{"0":"post-316192","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-an-garda-siochana","9":"tag-breaking-news","10":"tag-breakingnews","11":"tag-drogheda","12":"tag-eire","13":"tag-featured-news","14":"tag-featurednews","15":"tag-headlines","16":"tag-ie","17":"tag-ireland","18":"tag-kyran-durnin","19":"tag-latest-news","20":"tag-latestnews","21":"tag-main-news","22":"tag-mainnews","23":"tag-news","24":"tag-top-stories","25":"tag-topstories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116000312841710908","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}