Gardaí searching waste ground on the edge of the north Dublin town of Donabate for a boy who is missing and presumed dead have this morning marked out a new zone within the cordon close to where two mechanical diggers continue to work.
As the search for the missing boy in Donabate intensifies, what have we learnt about the boy, his family and the events that led to his disappearance coming to light? Chilling details have emerged which have resulted in gardaí narrowing their search in an area of wasteland in north county Dublin. The investigation, however, is not confined to Ireland.
Wasteland site in Donabate, Dublin, sealed off from public and cadaver dog taken to search area Gardaí investigating the ­disappearance of a young boy were told he was found dead in bed and secretly buried "in a panic". A woman told gardaí the child had died in his sleep of natural causes and that she and her then partner had secretly buried him in waste ground in Donabate, Co Dublin.