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.

Gardaí are continuing to question a 64-year-old man in connection with the disappearance of Mary Boyle almost 40 years ago.

The mother of missing six-year-old Mary Boyle says she knows the man who has been arrested in connection with her daughter’s disappearance in 1977.

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.

A tiny village came to a standstill yesterday to say a loving farewell to a woman who helped put it on the map.

Large crowds are expected to gather in Donegal tomorrow for the funeral of Daniel O’Donnell’s mother Julia who died in the early hours of yesterday morning.

Daniel O'Donnell's mother Julia has passed away at the age of 94.

Singer Daniel O’Donnell was at his mother’s bedside in hospital last night.

Daniel O’Donnell has revealed his wife Majella has finished her cancer treatment and they are both looking forward to spending Christmas together.

Irish singer Daniel O’Donnell has said his wife’s cancer is “gone”, less than three weeks after urging fans to pray for her.

A fresh investigation into the disappearance 35 years ago of Mary Boyle, Ireland’s longest-missing person, is being conducted by An Garda Síochána.

The mother of Mary Boyle, who has been missing for 35 years this weekend, said she still thinks of the missing six-year-old every day and the pain never goes away.

A search for the country's longest missing person will continue in Co Donegal today.

LOCATED on the Atlantic seaboard in the extreme north-west, Donegal Airport is the country’s most remote regional airport with the smallest catchment area of any in the state.

THE mother of Ireland’s longest-missing person has spoken of her heartbreak for the parents of little Madeleine McCann.

CROWDS at Ennis’s St Patrick’s Day Parade yesterday witnessed a rare public outing from Eamon de Valera’s 1947 Plymouth Dodge.

DANIEL O’Donnell cried in the chapel.

THE blushing bride was late for her big day — but it had nothing to do with being fashionable.

Fans of country singer Daniel O’Donnell today began gathering to catch a glimpse of the star’s wedding.

A quiet fishing village in Co Donegal is preparing for an influx of fans for country singer Daniel O'Donnell's wedding.

A quiet fishing village in Co Donegal was tonight preparing for an influx of fans for country singer Daniel O’Donnell’s wedding.

THE mother of all tea parties will be held in Donegal shortly when Daniel O’Donnell ties the knot with the new love in his life.