New witness sparks fresh search for schoolboy

Detectives investigating the disappearance of a schoolboy 23 years ago restarted an excavation at a golf course today after a new witness came forward.

Technical experts are sifting through earth on a patch of land at the Grange Golf Club in south Dublin around 50 metres from a small wooded area where an unsuccessful search for 13-year-old Philip Cairns took place earlier this month.