Unsolved Irish Mysteries.

Absolutely, but I'd be fairly confident in the assertion that Daddy led the charge here.

You don't become President of the IFA or an MEP by being the quiet, shy, retiring type !!

30ish years ago 6 women went missing for no trace to be found of them. Jo-jo Dollard, Clara Breen, Deidre Jacobs, Fiona Sinnott, Annie McCarrick and Fiona Pender.

Fiona Sinnott, Gardai and Family have a subject linked to her but no proof

Fiona Pender Gardai and Family have a suspect linked to her but no proof

Ciara Breen, Gardai and family have a suspect linked to her but no proof

Deidre Jacobs Gardai have a suspect no link to her but no proof

Annie McCarrick orginal suspect is no longer on the radar, Garda it seems may have been wrong footed by sighting at Johnny Fox's put. Now it suspected she may have been murdered and disposed of near where she lived

Jo-Jo Dollard gardai and family have a suspect who is linked but not known to her at the time. He may or may not be the individual. Jo-Jo never mentioned that it was a car that previously gave her a spin that was collecting her again to her friend Mary Phelan. That is strange but she would have been rushing back to the car.

Very hard to get proof when there is no body. Not sure if there is any cover up Gardai probably threaded lightly should they have upgraded it to a murder investigation nearly 30 years ago, it was a different time.

In all these cases it only over the years that gardai have managed to put more and more fragments together. Then putting together a cold case review squad has further helped these cases.

Even where there is a body it can take decades to get a result. It took 23 year to get John Crearer,for the murder Phyllis Murphy. The killer of Sophia DuPlantier has never been found even though the gardai have there suspicions.

In some of these cases the Gardai made mistakes, in others they went down the wrong track, in some they just did not have the evidence and in some they may have thread wearerly

A lot of incorrect information in that post.

She didn't start hitchhiking at 7.30 or 8 in Newbridgh, she got the bus to Naas at 10pm from Dublin and started from there.

She had missed the last bus to Kilkenny, I'm not sure what time that was but there was no indication it was at 6pm.

Hitchhiking at that late hour was not unusual, it wasn't exactly common or the norm, but for people who miss a bus or other means of transport it was a option.

My bad- I thought I had read she missed the last bus at 6pm; but you are right she started hitching at 10.50pm from Naas. Will amend the earlier post & fair play.

I would still maintain though:

(i) hitchhiking was very normal at the time for people who lived rurally

(ii) while hitchhiking late at night would not have been normal, nonetheless this was someone who had no parents she could call to come collect her. She basically had nobody she could call to come collect her.

(iii) her alternative at the time would have been to sleep on the side of the road in Naas or Dublin.

Long story short, she was vulnerable. Its easy to say it wasnt advisable, but what alternative did she have.

Hitchhiking was completely normal in the early to mid 90s, especially in rural areas.

The things that finished off hitchhiking were (i) mobile phones (ii) roll out of motorway network (cars not passing through towns to get places) and (iii) economic boom meaning every family almost have two cars. All those things are from late 1990s on.

If that girl was alive today, with the same upbringing and background, she would own a car and have a phone.

Also, as mentioned, she had no parents she could call.

Not normal late at night, but her only option to get home. Literally her only option.

Even though JoJo was reported missing fairly fast, the gardai woukd not have launched a full scale investigation straight away, they be unlikely to do it now either unless they had significant information of something amiss a significant number of missing persons turn up safe and sound within a short time.

The case rose in prominence over the years. I doubt anything significant went accross a minister desk about it for a year or two. Remember FG were only in power for about 2 and a half years during that period. From Dec 94-May97. JoJo went missing November 95. Evenninnthr normal course of events it unlikely the case would have being escalated to a murder inquiry during that timeframe

This Reddit post has more info, but don't know how true it is. According to it, you were right, her last bus from Dublin which would have dropped her home was at 6pm. She had planned to stay in Dublin but those plans fell through.

So her choice was try and figure out somewhere to stay in Dublin or get the last bus towards home, which was the 10pm bus to Naas from Busaras, and then try and get home from there.

Reading this case…. its only last week we had a major abuse case in the court regarding events in Castlecomer, just a few miles down the road, where the abuse had been reported to Guards in 2000 but the case didnt progress.

No, they can't just take his passport.

If he left the jurisdiction and they wanted him back an arrest warrant would be issued internationally or something.

It's turning into a bit of a witch hunt here.

So having a say on the date slurry could be spread is a higherpower than him being a close colleague of the Taoiseach and Justice Minister and Garda Commissioner.

WhaWhat evidence of that do you have?

You really think the Taoiseach, the minister for justice and the gardaí were involved in a murder cover up?

I understand the bit about charge or release. It's just can the period be extended by the Courts?

As I understand it, the issue of the Passport arises at a bail hearing. On a murder charge Bail is not within the remit of the District Court, must apply to the HC.

Ah here, some people need to put away the laptop for a day or two.

Man who works on a farm for probably 45 of his 55 years has a scar on his cheek….

Do you think when he spoke to the Gardai in the few days after the disappearance they would not have noted this scar and probably mentioned it to the press?

Well it would have been a large cut at that stage also!! So a big bandage on his face!