Trio may hold key to solving Philip Cairns mystery

Two or three people, now aged in their late 30s or early 40s, could hold the key to unlocking the 30-year-old mystery surrounding the fate of Philip Cairns.

Gardaí yesterday made a specific appeal to these people, who were children at the time of the 13-year-old’s disappearance on October 23, 1986, from Rathfarnham, Dublin, to come forward.

Officers said the events may be “playing on their minds” and that for the sake of Philip’s family, it was important the inquiry be brought to a conclusion.