Sean McEniff denies involvement in Mary Boyle case cover-up

A politician at the centre of allegations he had used political influence to prevent continuing garda questioning of the main suspect for the disappearance of missing child Mary Boyle yesterday denied any involvement.

Sean McEniff, Ireland’s longest-serving politician, said in a statement through his solicitors that he “emphatically and unconditionally denies that he was the politician who allegedly contacted the Gardai in Ballyshannon at the time of the disappearance of Mary Boyle”.

The statement from the Fianna Fáil county councillor, who has served on local authorities for 55 years, including Bundoran town council and Donegal County Council, added: “He has no knowledge of such a call other than what he has heard recently on what was contained in the video ‘Mary Boyle, The Untold Story’.