Jimmy O'Neill letter to be forensically examined 77 years after his disappearance 

His only surviving sibling, Frank O’Neill, told the Irish Examiner that a detective in Waterford, now deceased, had falsely accused his brother of stealing a postal order and 'ran him out of the country'

Jimmy O'Neill was last seen on December 15, 1947, at Leamy Street, Waterford, where he lived with his family. File photo

Gardaí are to use a specialist forensic team to examine a letter sent by a man after he disappeared from his home in Co Waterford 77 years ago.

James “Jimmy” Malachy O’Neill was last seen on December 15, 1947, at Leamy Street, Waterford, where he lived with his family.