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Ireland Crime

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Case No. 2015Murder (disappearance) · Co. Dublin · 26 Mar 1993

Gardaí interview Dublin-origin man in France in Annie McCarrick murder investigation

Annie McCarrick, a 27-year-old American woman, disappeared in Dublin on 26 March 1993. The case was upgraded to a murder investigation in 2023. In February 2025, Gardaí travelled to France to interview a man originally from Dublin, described as a one-time friend of McCarrick, with two interviews carried out in a hospital due to his long-time ill-health. No arrest or charge has been made in the case.

  1. Reported25 Mar
  2. Arrested
  3. Charged
  4. In court
  5. Verdict
  6. Sentenced
reportedhappened, not reportedlatest stagenot yet

Key facts

consolidated from all reports
What happened
Annie McCarrick, a 27-year-old American woman, disappeared in Dublin on 26 March 1993.
Where
The disappearance occurred in Dublin; the 2025 interview took place in France.
When
The disappearance occurred on 26 March 1993; the interview took place in February 2025.
Investigation
  • Gardaí travelled to France in February 2025 to interview a man originally from Dublin, a one-time friend of McCarrick.
  • Two interviews were carried out in a hospital due to the man's long-time ill-health.
Other details
  • The McCarrick case was upgraded to a murder investigation in 2023.
  • The AIB bank photograph was captured on 15 March 1993, not 26 March 1993 as previously believed.
  • The McCarrick family has deep roots in Roscommon and Louth.
  • The investigation was refocused from Johnnie Fox's pub in Glencullen to Sandymount.
7 statements extracted from the articles
  • whatThe man interviewed by investigators is originally from Dublin (irishtimes.com)
  • investigationGardaí travelled to France in February 2025 to interview a one-time friend of Annie McCarrick (irishtimes.com)
  • investigationTwo interviews were carried out in a hospital due to the man's long-time ill-health (irishtimes.com)
  • otherThe McCarrick case was upgraded to a murder investigation in 2023 (irishtimes.com)
  • otherThe AIB bank photograph was captured on 15 March 1993, not 26 March 1993 as previously believed (irishtimes.com)
  • otherThe McCarrick family has deep roots in Roscommon and Louth (irishtimes.com)
  • otherAnnie McCarrick was an American woman (irishtimes.com)

The reporting

newest first
  1. 25 Mar2025
    Reportedirishtimes.com, follow-up
    Annie McCarrick’s best friend from childhood: ‘I believe she knew the person responsible for her death’

    Reports that Gardaí interviewed a Dublin-origin man in a French hospital in February 2025, and details about errors in the original investigation including the misdated AIB bank photograph and the refocusing of the investigation from Johnnie Fox's pub in Glencullen to Sandymount.

    victim, Annie McCarrick, 27, female, American, non-irishAnnie McCarrick