Woman, 50s, arrested in relation to disappearance and murder of Kyran Durnin

The boy was reported missing in August 2024, and a homicide investigation was launched in October 2024. Photograph: Garda Press Office

A woman has been arrested in relation to the disappearance and murder of six-year-old Kyran Durnin. 

The boy was reported missing in August 2024, and a homicide investigation was launched in October 2024. 

The last confirmed sighting of Kyran was in June 2022 and he is believed to have been killed at some point in those two years. 

A number of properties had been searched by gardaí since the launch of the investigation, but no trace of Kyran was found. 

In an update on Monday morning, gardaí said a woman in her 50s is currently being detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984, at a Garda Station in the Eastern Region.

A home in Drogheda, Co Louth is currently being searched by gardaí. 

"Investigations are ongoing," a garda spokesperson said. 

A man and a woman have previously been arrested as part of the garda investigation but nobody has been charged in connection with the case.