Update: Coast Guard confirm missing 5-year-old boy was found safe and well on seafront

Latest: Dún Laoghaire Coast Guard have put up a Facebook post to say that they were called out to help in the search for Richard.

Update at 9.39pm: Dún Laoghaire Coast Guard have put up a Facebook post to say that they were called out to help in the search for Richard.

They had four search teams looking for the five-year-old between the East Pier and Sandycove beach, and they revealed that a member of the public found him on the seafront.