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So that’s Friday nearly wrapped up. Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

Twelve years ago today, Madeleine McCann disappeared in Praia da Luz, Portugal.

The two authors featured in Netflix's eight part documentary 'The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann' have said they believe 'her abduction was planned'.

Students from Co Limerick who campaigned to raise awareness among teenagers about the dangers of sexting have won the title of Young Social Innovators of the Year 2018.

A private detective accused of exploiting the hunt for Madeleine McCann to fund his lavish lifestyle has been found dead.

More than £11m (€12.5m) has been spent on the probe to find the missing girl, who vanished from the family's holiday apartment in Praia da Luz in Portugal 2007.

The parents of missing Madeleine McCann have been offered fresh hope after police asked for more funds to keep the investigation alive.

Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann are to ask for more funds to extend their search, it has been reported.

Here's your morning news bulletin.

A decade after Maddie McCann disappeared, Barry Kitchener looks at how the case has descended into a feud between her parents and Portuguese police.

British detectives working on the Madeleine McCann case are still pursuing "critical" leads as the 10th anniversary of her disappearance approaches, a Scotland Yard chief has revealed.

Here's your lunchtime news bulletin.

Detectives investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann have "outstanding work" left to do on the inquiry and may apply for more British Home Office funding.

The British investigation into Madeleine McCann’s disappearance may finish in the next few months.

An appeals court in Portugal has overturned the libel conviction of a former Portuguese detective who published a book alleging the parents of Madeleine McCann were involved in their daughter's disappearance, their lawyer said.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

Detectives still hope that Madeleine McCann could be found alive, despite the drastic scaling back of the police investigation into her disappearance.

Kate McCann has said she believes her daughter’s kidnapper did not take her “a million miles” from the Algarve.

Kate McCann has said she believes her daughter's kidnapper did not take her "a million miles" from the Algarve.

Met stresses ‘focused lines of investigation’ still to be pursued

Kate and Gerry McCann’s decision to close their Find Madeleine Campaign Twitter account because of online abuse has been criticised by the mother of snatched toddler Ben Needham.

The remains of a child found dumped in a suitcase in the South Australian bush are highly unlikely to be those of British girl Madeline McCann, police say.

Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe has sent hundreds of letters to female devotees from his cell in Broadmoor, including a Valentine’s card to one to say he loves her.

The mother of murdered April Jones has refused to read the book which she and her husband have published about their ordeal.

Detectives investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann were expected to begin questioning 11 people yesterday.

Detectives investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann are expected to begin questioning 11 people today.

A British man and woman are among seven people due to be questioned over the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, it has been reported.

A British man and woman are among seven people due to be questioned over the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, it has been reported.

The man arrested on Tuesday in relation to the disappearance of six-year-old Mary Boyle 37 years ago was last night released without charge.

When Mary Boyle went missing from near her grandparents’ home in Cashelard, Ballyshannon, Co Donegal, on March 18, 1977, she was one of the country’s youngest ever disappeared.

A man has been arrested by gardaí today in connection with the alleged kidnapping of a six-year-old girl in 1977.

The arrest today of a man in connection with the alleged kidnapping of six-year-old Mary Boyle in 1977 has brought the case of Ireland’s youngest ever disappeared back into the public spotlight. Stephen Rogers chronicles the background to the case.