Muise... wrote: » I think he would be in his early 40s now. I'd say everyone thought he'd just gone to a friend's house or off for a wander after school. Then as the waiting went on and on, it became big news.
r3nu4l wrote: » Philip would be (is?) 40 this year, in October. There's a good Wikipedia article about him here He was less than two years older than me and I remember it being on the news day in day out and being horrified that someone pretty much like me could just disappear and nobody could know where he went Funnily enough, over the years I've never forgotten his name and he often comes into my head (at least 4 times a year), even though I never knew him. Goes to show the effect his disappearance had on me. As a parent now myself I cannot image the horror I would feel if my daughter left home one day and never came back. I hope that whatever family this body belongs to finds some closure, if not any peace.
Vicar in a tutu wrote: » Yeah I was just reading about him recently, apparently he was close to outing someone that had been abusing him
Allyall wrote: » WHAT? :eek: How close? Had he said it was happening and not named them? Or had he implied something was going on? Jaysis..
tayto lover wrote: » God knows how many bodies are hidden in the Dublin Mountains. I often wonder if there is any new equipment which could locate these bodies and why the Gardai do not mount a detailed search of the mountains to locate some of them. It would help end the pain for some of their families.
Love2love wrote: » According to the radio, speculation is that its Annie McCarricks. It's female, it's in the vanishing triangle and near to Johnny Foxes pub where she was last seen. They don't know if its there that long though. I do hope it's one of the missing girls. Her family can finally get some closure.
Nodin wrote: » ....theres a few yokes - an emissions detector sort of thing for instance - but they're for pinpointing, not a general search afaik. Nor do they work after the body is decomposed. The kind of search you're proposing is unfortunately unfeasible.
NuckingFacker wrote: » Here's a dopey question - wtf is the vanishing triangle?? sounds ominous..
KKkitty wrote: » Really and truly hope a family gets closure over this. Why can't whoever had something to do with all those disappearances years ago do the right thing and say where the bodies are
Vicar in a tutu wrote: » http://http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/philip-cairns-was-killed-to-protect-his-sex-abuser-26245411.html
Wibbs wrote: » Same here R. I grew up near to the area and most of my mates were from there. About my closest mate(still) lived only a few doors up from his family and knew them to see, so even though I was a seven odd years older, the place names in the news really hit home, as they were places my mates and me knew so well. Where his bag was found(in odd circumstances) I would have gone down on a regular basis. The thought that it could have been any one of us. The thought that it was "one of us" to another group. Like you it still lingers with me down to this very day.
Spanish Eyes wrote: » Can't open link, could you repost, thanks.
tayto lover wrote: » They could/should bring in some of those Cadaver dogs. They are brilliant at locating bodies. Even if they only searched 100 metres each side of forest roads they might locate a body or two.
Vicar in a tutu wrote: » http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/philip-cairns-was-killed-to-protect-his-sex-abuser-26245411.html This should work now!
MYOB wrote: » The mountains are far too big to do a complete check on. A body buried even in a shallow grave a few years ago would be completely undetectable from the air and extremely hard to find from a search.
Wattle wrote: » Because they were most likely psychopathic and wouldn't be troubled by feelings of empathy or remorse.
Ash.J.Williams wrote: » I wonder how bigger countries would handle a "small" area like wicklow, knowing there are many bodies and clues to a potential serial killer or two there. As Steve Hughes says "there are Australians that could mow Ireland.
mhge wrote: » How they can be so sure as to start throwing a particular name around? Am I correct in thinking that it's just some code speak for "we have found something that tells us it's her but we need to wait to the results to name her"? You know, such as "the men were known to the gardai" (= gangland killing) or "no other enquiries are made with regard to this case" (= a suicide or a domestic).
Femme_Fatale wrote: » Jaysus. First person I thought of was Philip Cairns.
