'We want to discover where Kyran is': Gardaí to search three other houses in Drogheda

A garda forensic officer at the scene on Emer Terrace, Dundalk, on Tuesday afternoon. Once news of the search of the house in Dundalk was announced, locals began to congregate in small groups across the road while drivers stared out their windows, some shaking their heads. Photo: Stephen Collins/Collins Photos

Widespread shock greeted the start of a search at a house in Dundalk for missing eight-year-old Kyran Durnin, who is presumed dead.

A female garda stood in the doorway of the terraced former family home of little Kyran, which faces a busy main road and is just yards from a primary school.