Gardaí investigating claims of potential Kyran Durnin sightings over two years
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The Kyran Durnin investigation team is conducting a detailed examination of a large amount of information from the public, including claims of potential sightings of the boy.
Gardaí have received a “significant volume of calls” from people over the last week and are sifting through the information, with possible sightings over a wide timeline of up to two years.
The eight-year-old, who was reported missing in August, is presumed dead and the case was upgraded to murder earlier this month. There has been no verified sightings of him for up to two years.
Gardaí will now check if the new information corroborates other material they have already gathered through inquiries.
It is not clear yet if this will lead to further searches in the coming week or not.
There is ongoing contact with Kyran's family members in relation to the investigation, and gardaí are awaiting if a family member will come forward with any further information which might assist.
On Monday night, the organiser of a candlelit vigil for Kyran said the people of Dundalk, Co Louth, where the child lived, are “horrified” by his disappearance.
Brittany McEnteggart said parents whose children were in class with Kyran described him as a “lovely child".
“Mothers whose children went to school with Kyran said he was there one minute, and he did a school year, and then he was gone.
“He was living here and its important to keep his name out there."
Three investigations, including by gardaí and Tusla, are underway into the disappearance of Kyran.
Louth TD Ruairí Ó Murchú said: “Protocols need to be looked at but nobody understands how this child disappeared without anyone noticing."