The Deirdre O'Shaughnessy Podcast: The decades-long search for missing teen Jimmy O’Neill

Jimmy O’Neill vanished in 1947, and his brother Frank is still uncovering new leads in a case riddled with unanswered questions
The mysterious case of Jimmy O’Neill

The mysterious case of Jimmy O’Neill

The disappearance of Jimmy O’Neill is one of Ireland’s longest-running mysteries. 

The 16-year-old messenger boy disappeared in 1947 after authorities accused him of stealing a postal order, and his family’s decades-long search has only raised more questions about the conduct of local Gardaí at the time.

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