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A map of Ireland showing the locations where some of the women went missing from 1993 to 1998.. Ireland's Vanishing Triangle [1] [2] [3] is a term commonly used in the Irish media when referring to a number of high-profile disappearances of Irish women from the late 1980s to the late 1990s.
Following her disappearance, a search involving hundreds of people was launched amidst speculation this was not an abduction. [1]In August 2008, the home of Dave Mahon - the partner of Amy Fitzpatrick's mother Audrey - and Fitzpatrick's lawyer in Riviera del Sol was broken into and a laptop that was used in the search for Fitzpatrick was stolen.
Jo Jo's disappearance was highly publicised in Ireland and was included in the true crime books Missing by Barry Cummins, [47] Missing, Presumed by Alan Bailey, [48] and The Vanishing Triangle by Claire McGowan. [49] The 1997 alleged sighting of Jo Jo was reconstructed for the TV show Crimeline. [17]
In early 2024, child welfare officials working for Tusla became concerned about the Durnin family, and requested a face-to-face meeting. During their engagement with the wider Durnin family, new information came to light that caused concern to Tusla in relation to Kyran’s whereabouts specifically. [ 4 ]
She had owned a shop in Newbridge and Murphy had left his contact details with her grandmother as he was making wooden children's toys, but this was years before Deirdre's disappearance. [8] In July 2018, on the 20th anniversary of her disappearance, her father called for a dedicated missing-persons unit to be set up. [9]
Gardaí (police) suspect the couple were murdered on orders from a figure who has since become involved in the Drogheda feud. [5] [4] [6] They suspect that he was behind the fatal shooting of Benny Whitehouse in Balbriggan in 2014 and that the couple were killed because the gang feared that they would provide information to the Gardaí about the shooting of Whitehouse.
The operation was based on a tip from a member of the public who claimed to have seen a blonde haired woman matching Tina’s description enter the woods on the night of Satchwell's disappearance with another person, but this person thereafter left the woods alone without the blonde woman. [13] A no-fly zone was established over the area.
The Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains (ICLVR) was established by treaty between the United Kingdom Government and the Government of Ireland, made on 27 April 1999 in connection with the affairs of Northern Ireland, in order to locate 16 missing Irish and British people presumed murdered during The Troubles.