Woman questioned over Kyran Durnin murder is released

Gardaí (Irish police) have released a woman without charge after she was arrested on suspicion of the murder of Kyran Durnin.

She was questioned at a Garda station in the east of the Republic of Ireland.

Kyran, who was six when last seen alive, was reported missing from his home in Drogheda in County Louth in August.

In October, gardaí launched a murder investigation, saying they were treating Kyran as missing, presumed dead.

Irish broadcaster RTÉ News reported that the woman who was arrested, who is believed to be in her 20s, had been abroad for a period of time but was arrested in Ireland.

Although the missing person inquiry began in August, detectives believe Kyran may have been killed more than two years ago.

Kyran was a pupil at the national [primary] school near his home in Dundalk in 2022.

It is understood authorities were told he would be moving to Northern Ireland and attending a new school in Newry.

School officials in Dundalk, where Kyran lived with his mother, were reportedly told at the end of the 2022 summer term that he would be attending school over the border – but that claim was not confirmed.