Man 'still waiting for answers' from gardaí investigating his brother's disappearance 78 years ago

Frank O’Neill, the brother of Ireland’s longest-missing child, said: 'I have received little or no help because I spoke out about one bad garda'
Man 'still waiting for answers' from gardaí investigating his brother's disappearance 78 years ago

Frank O’Neill (pictured), whose brother Jimmy O’Neill is the longest missing person in the State, holds a picture of his brother. File photo: Patrick Browne

The brother of Ireland’s longest-missing child has said he has been left “shattered” over the manner in which the gardaí have handled his case to date.

Frank O’Neill said he has been given no apology, no updates from gardaí into the case, and was not told  if a recent forensic analysis of a letter that his brother wrote after he vanished 78 years ago revealed anything new.

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