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Reports that the inquest will open and be adjourned on 5 November, with details of the parents' account, the burial site, the remains not yet being released for burial, and two earlier arrests that ended without charge.

Reports that the inquest will formally open on Thursday 5 November 2026 at 2.30pm and be adjourned while the garda investigation continues. Adds the parents' account of how Daniel died and was buried, the homicide upgrade, and that two people arrested on suspicion of murder were released without charge.

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One-year milestone summary of the investigation; renewed appeal for information from residents of The Gallery Apartments, Donabate, between July 2019 and present; details of investigative scale and international collaboration provided.

One-year anniversary of the investigation; renewed public appeal; timeline of key investigation milestones provided; details of international cooperation and resources deployed.

Reports the second arrest in the Daniel Aruebose murder investigation; the suspect was deported from Brazil and arrested at Dublin Airport before being released without charge, with a file to be prepared for the DPP.

The man was deported from Brazil to Ireland via Portugal and arrested at Dublin Airport on Tuesday 10 February 2026; released without charge overnight on Thursday 12 February 2026. A file will be prepared for the DPP. A woman was previously arrested for questioning in 2025.

Reports the arrest of a second suspect (an Irish man in his 20s) following his deportation from São Luís, Brazil, and details the international police cooperation between the Brazilian Federal Police and Gardaí. Confirms the suspect was detained in Brazil in September 2025, around the time the Garda investigation into Daniel's disappearance began, and that he is being questioned at a north Dublin Garda station with a 24-hour limit expiring early Thursday morning.

Timeline article tracing the investigation from August 2025 to the latest development: the arrest of a man in his 20s on 10 February 2026 on suspicion of murder, following the earlier arrest and release of the boy's mother in December 2025.

Reports the arrest of a man in his 20s at Dublin Airport following his deportation from Brazil, where he had been in custody since December 2025. Provides background on Daniel Aruebose's disappearance at around age three, the belief he was buried in Donabate in 2021, and the discovery of his remains in September 2025 after a DSSP welfare payment check.

First report of the arrest. Details the suspect's deportation from Brazil, the lack of an Ireland-Brazil extradition agreement, and the background of Daniel Aruebose's disappearance and the discovery of his remains in Donabate.

First report of the arrest of the man in connection with the murder of Daniel Aruebose; details his deportation from Brazil, the background of the investigation from a social welfare payment check in August 2025, the discovery of remains in September 2025, and the escalation to a homicide inquiry in December 2025.

First report of the arrest; details the detention under Section 4, the location of the remains, and the upgrade of the investigation to homicide in December 2025.

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Reports the arrest of a man in his 20s on suspicion of murder, provides background on how the investigation began via a social welfare check, details the discovery of skeletal remains after a three-week search, and mentions prior arrests of a man in Brazil and a woman in her 20s in connection with the case.

First report of the arrest of a man in his 20s on suspicion of murdering Daniel Aruebose. He is the second person arrested in the investigation, after a woman in her 20s was arrested and released without charge the previous December.

Adds that the arrested woman was also questioned about social welfare fraud, was released without charge on 23 December 2025 with a file to the DPP, and that a man believed to be known to Daniel was apprehended in Brazil (Maranhão) for extradition to Ireland.

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Reports the arrest of an Irish citizen in Brazil linked to the Daniel Aruebose homicide investigation, the questioning and release without charge of a woman at Swords Garda Station, and confirms no DPP directions to charge have been sought or received.

Reports the arrest in Brazil of a man suspected to be linked to the Daniel Aruebose case, his brief court appearance and remand in custody in Brazil, and the release without charge of the first person arrested (a woman in her 20s) in the investigation.

Reports the arrest and release without charge of a woman in her 20s, and provides background on how Daniel Aruebose's disappearance was discovered through a social welfare payment check and how the investigation was upgraded to homicide after DNA identification of the remains.

Adds that a woman in her 20s was arrested on suspicion of murder on 22 December 2025, held at a Dublin garda station with detention extended twice, and released without charge on 23 December 2025. The file goes to the DPP. The investigation had been upgraded to a homicide case 11 days earlier.

First report of the arrest and subsequent release without charge of a woman in her 20s in connection with the murder of Daniel Aruebose.

Reports the release without charge of the first person arrested in the Daniel Aruebose murder investigation, with a file to go to the DPP. Provides background on how the case was discovered via social welfare checks in August 2025 and upgraded to a homicide inquiry on 11 December 2025.

Reports the arrest of a woman in her 20s on suspicion of murder, the first arrest in the case, and that the inquiry has been upgraded to a homicide investigation. Gives Section Four detention and the detention period, and details of the boy's background and the discovery of his disappearance.

Reports the arrest of a woman in her 20s on suspicion of murder, following the earlier discovery of Daniel Aruebose's skeletal remains and the reclassification of his death as homicide.

First report of the arrest of a woman in her 20s on suspicion of murder; details the background of the case including the discovery of remains, DNA identification, and how the disappearance came to light via a social welfare payment check.

First arrest in the homicide investigation; details on how the case was discovered via a social welfare payment check, the September search operation, and witness accounts of the death and burial.

Gardaí have identified a suspected prime mover and a close accomplice; the case was upgraded from a missing person's inquiry to a homicide inquiry on 11 December 2025; no arrests are imminent and the team is seeking court orders to access phones, social media and records dating back to 2021.

Gardaí have upgraded the inquiry to a homicide investigation, confirmed by DNA analysis of the remains, and renewed their appeal for information. The article gives no arrests or charges.

Reports the upgrade of the investigation to homicide following DNA confirmation of the remains, details the circumstances of the child's disappearance and alleged burial in 2021, and notes gardaí suspicions about changing stories.

Minister O'Callaghan and Garda Commissioner Kelly comment on the investigation; postmortem results received but no cause of death established; people who knew Daniel say he died of natural causes and was buried in panic.

Adds details on overtime pay being cut for search officers, an inconclusive post mortem, pending CT scan and DNA test, no plan to reclassify as homicide or make arrests, the parents' account of discovering the child dead in 2021, and the discovery of the case via a social welfare payment check.

Details on the overtime pay dispute among search officers, the inconclusive post-mortem result, pending CT scan and DNA test, no plan to reclassify as homicide or make arrests, the parents' account of events (natural death in 2021, moving remains to a field), and how the disappearance was discovered via a social welfare payment check.

Adds detail on the investigation's current status: post-mortem completed, DNA tests pending, no decision to upgrade to murder, consideration of arrests for failure to report a body, the father residing in Brazil, the parents' claim of natural causes in 2021, and the discovery of the disappearance via a social welfare payment check.

Details the new investigative phase, the condition of the partial remains (buried in moist earth for about four years), the background of Daniel's parents, the two persons of interest at the centre of the inquiry, and the door-to-door inquiries at The Gallery apartment complex in Donabate.

Gardaí are planning to release the boy's identity; mother alleged child was killed by someone known to him; investigation triggered by child benefit claim; child was in Tusla's care until 2020; father is Irish living overseas, mother is African born; search described as 'really a search for bones' due to shallow grave and overgrown area

Details the seizure of two mobile phones from Daniel Aruebose's mother for forensic examination, confirms the post-mortem schedule at Dublin city Morgue, and provides background on the child's history including being given up for adoption and returned to his parents by Tusla.

Live blog providing details of the discovery of skeletal remains on 17 September 2025, the mother's admission that she and her then-partner secretly buried the child after he died of natural causes, the arrival of the State Pathologist and forensic archaeologist Dr Niamh McCullagh, the Taoiseach's response, and the ongoing Garda appeal for information.

Provides details on the discovery of the remains, the expectation of at least one arrest, the child's background (given up for adoption, in foster care 18 months, returned to parents), the mother's background (originally from Africa, Irish citizen), the father's background (Irish, remarried), the timeline of how the disappearance was discovered (social welfare check, Tusla alert, field sealed 1 September), and that a woman known to Daniel pointed out the burial site to gardaí.

Details the discovery of remains on 17 September 2025, the mother's account of placing the child in a bath and carrying his body in a bag to the field, the father's cooperation from Brazil, and the scale of the investigation involving multiple Garda units, national units, and external forensic expertise.

Confirms the discovery of skeletal remains on 17 September 2025, details the mother's account of the burial, notes the father's cooperation from Brazil, and states that no arrests are anticipated until post-mortem results are available, with no current evidence of foul play.

Provides the full Garda statement following the discovery of skeletal remains on 17 September 2025, confirming the search began on 1 September 2025, that Tusla raised concerns on 29 August 2025, that a technical examination of the apartment was carried out on 31 August 2025, and that Gardaí are satisfied Daniel is deceased.

Provides details on the discovery of the remains, the child's background (given up for adoption, in foster care 18 months, returned to parents), the parents' origins and current locations, the theory that the child died of natural causes and was buried to conceal the death, and the excavation process using three mechanical diggers since 1 September.

Day 15 of the search with no remains found; mother being questioned informally; details on the child's history (given up for adoption, returned by Tusla in 2020, lived at The Gallery apartment in Donabate); parents' account of natural death and secret burial in a shallow grave; no trace of the child in the apartment; only a photograph recovered; fears wild animals may have disturbed the shallow grave; Gardaí certain the child is dead.

Day 15 of search with no remains found; mother being questioned informally this week; gardai considering extending search; details on child's history including being given up for adoption and returned by Tusla in 2020; body allegedly wrapped in blanket and carried in rucksack; no trace of child's possessions in apartment; fears wild animals may have disturbed shallow grave; gardai from Swords Station leading investigation.

Provides detail on the 13-day dig in Donabate, the father's location in Brazil and the lack of an extradition treaty, the role of Tusla in raising the alarm via a social welfare payment check, and background on the family including the mother's African birth and the boy's earlier adoption history.

Adds details on two drone flights over the search site in contravention of a restricted airspace order, GPS survey work by two surveyors, and exclusive revelations about the boy's burial: he was changed from pyjamas, buried with a teddy bear, wrapped in a blanket in a rucksack, and all his possessions were removed from the apartment.

Provides detailed account of the 10-day search operation including the use of three mechanical diggers, deep trenches, a cadaver dog, and the role of a woman who pinpointed the alleged burial location. Confirms the alarm was raised via a social welfare payment check and that the child had been in foster care before being returned to his parents.

Reports on the ongoing search at the Donabate site, including the use of a digger, unsuccessful dog searches, and conflicting accounts of the boy's death, as well as his background of being given up for adoption and placed in foster care.

Details the intensified search operation at the Donabate site, including the use of a digger and cadaver dog, the role of a woman who pinpointed the burial location, the boy's background (adoption, foster care, return to parents), and how the case came to light via a social welfare claim that prompted Tusla to alert gardaí.

Provides detailed account of the search operation including the use of heavy machinery, the cadaver dog, the mother's indication of the burial spot, conflicting accounts of the cause of death, and the concern that animals may have disturbed the remains after four years underground.

Details the deployment of heavy machinery and a cadaver dog on day five of the search, the mother's initial account that the child died at the hands of a man known to the boy, conflicting accounts of natural causes, and the possibility that the exact burial spot was misremembered after four years.

Gardaí considering sending a team to Brazil or requesting Brazilian police to interview the father under a mutual legal assistance agreement; search area at Portrane Road roughly doubled; a witness identified a location on waste ground in Donabate; cadaver dog searching since Monday with no remains found; property in Donabate sealed and searched last weekend; Tusla flagged concerns after social welfare payment check; Ombudsman for Children Dr Niall Muldoon criticised Tusla's referral to the National Review Panel.

Adds details on the search difficulties (overgrown, large area, shallow grave of perhaps two feet, possible scattering by animals), the mother's allegation that the child was killed by someone known to him, the father being Irish and living overseas, the mother being African-born, the child having been in Tusla's care until 2020, the trigger being a child benefit claim, and political reactions including calls for a root and branch review of child protection services.