Kyran Durnin: The little boy who vanished and the questions that haunt Dundalk

Despite a major garda investigation, no one has been charged in Kyran Durnin’s disappearance — Dundalk hasn’t forgotten

Kyran Durnin. 

It was a sunny weekday afternoon just before Easter 2022 as I was cycling along Castletown Road in Dundalk when a little boy’s football rolled out in front of me, just at the busy junction with Legion Avenue.

I stopped, steadied myself with my left leg, and gently tapped the ball back to the lad with my right foot. He picked up that ball, smiled at me but didn’t say a word; the polite young woman with him said “thanks” and they continued on their way along the footpath.