The Dundalk house was Kyran Durnin's family home until May 2024, though Gardaí say the current tenants are not connected to the boy's disappearance.

Kyran Durnin was reported missing from his home in Drogheda, County Louth in August - but in a tragic twist gardai now believe the eight-year-old boy is likely dead

A house being searched by police in their investigation into the suspected murder of Kyran Durnin was his family home up to May this year, police have said in an update on Tuesday. They also confirmed the boy was reported missing along with his mother.

The tenants in a home where Gardaí are set to search for the body of Kyran Durnin are 'not connected in any way' to the case.

Here is what we know about the case of eight-year-old Kyran Durnin whose disappearance earlier this year is being treated by gardaí as murder.

Kyran Durnin is presumed dead as gardaí confirm they have located his mother amid a search of a house and garden in Dundalk, Co Louth

A search operation has begun at the former family home of Kyran Durnin by gardaí investigating the disappearance of the eight-year-old boy.

The Children's Minister has requested that Tusla hand over its files on Kyran Durnin following major concerns over how the agency handled the protection of the missing child and amid a Gardai search of a house in Dundalk.

Gardaí investigating the disappearance of eight-year-old Kyran Durnin are set to search a house in Dundalk. Gardaí, acting under a District Court Order, took possession of a private house in Dundalk on October 21st. Investigating Gardaí will conduct a search of both the house and the adjoining garden today.

Gardaí (Irish police) are to search a house and surrounding grounds in County Louth as they investigate the disappearance of an eight-year-old boy. Kyran Durnin was reported missing from his home in Drogheda in August.