Gardaí to examine marked 'target area' in search for remains of missing boy

Gardaí search an area of open ground on the Portrane Rd, Donabate, in the case of the missing boy. Picture: Colin Keegan, Collins, Dublin.

Gardaí searching for the remains of a boy in north Dublin will continue to examine a marked “target area” before deciding whether or not to extend the search site.

The Irish Examiner understands that nothing of evidential value was uncovered today, which is the third day of searches at an area of open ground just outside the village of Donabate.