Gardaí reject family criticism of search for Jamie

GARDAÍ yesterday rejected criticisms from the family of deceased teen Jamie Farrelly Maughan regarding their search for the missing girl.

Jamie, 13, was found in the back garden of a vacant house in Cavan town on Friday afternoon, six days after she disappeared. She was buried yesterday at Cavan Cathedral.

It emerged at the girl’s funeral that a local boy discovered the body when he went to retrieve a soccer ball he had kicked into the back garden. The boy told his mother who then contacted gardaí.