Ireland Crime

Named as

Victim

Born

Between October 2012 and October 2013, from the ages reported

Offences

Disappearance

Where

Co. Dublin

Reporting

6 reports, 23 Oct 2021 to 23 Oct 2026

Outlets

extra.ie, rte.ie, irishmirror.ie, irishtimes.com, dublinlive.ie

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• Gardaí probe new information in Philip Cairns disappearance in Rathfarnham Disappearance · Co. Dublin

  Philip Cairns, aged 13, disappeared on the afternoon of 23 October 1986 while walking from his home on Ballyroan Road to his school Coláiste Éanna in Rathfarnham, Dublin 16. He left school at 12.50pm, walked home, then left at 1.30pm to return to school and was never seen again. Six days later his schoolbag was found in a laneway near the school with some books missing. A woman told gardaí she saw Eamon Cooke hit Philip with an implement. The case remains under active Garda investigation, with over 1,600 lines of inquiry followed, and Gardaí are now examining new information following recent media attention on the 40th anniversary.

  Reported, 23 Oct 2021Victim · 6 reports

Each entry shows how that report described them.

1. 23 Oct2026
   Reportedextra.ie, in Gardaí probe new information in Philip Cairns disappearance in Rathfarnham

   Gardaí probe new information in Philip Cairns case

   victim, Philip Cairns, irish (judged from name)Philip CairnsIE
2. 23 Oct2026
   Reportedrte.ie, in Gardaí probe new information in Philip Cairns disappearance in Rathfarnham

   Gardaí examining new information in Philip Cairns case

   victim, Philip Cairns, 13, male, irish (judged from name)Philip Cairns♂13IE
3. 23 Oct2026
   Reportedirishmirror.ie, in Gardaí probe new information in Philip Cairns disappearance in Rathfarnham

   Gardaí renew appeal for information about missing schoolboy Philip Cairns

   victim, Philip Cairns, 13, male, irish (judged from name)Philip Cairns♂13IE
4. 22 Oct2026
   Reportedirishtimes.com, in Gardaí probe new information in Philip Cairns disappearance in Rathfarnham

   Gardaí appeal for information on 40th anniversary of disappearance of Philip Cairns

   victim, Philip Cairns, 13, male, irish (judged from name)Philip Cairns♂13IE
5. 8 Oct2023
   Otherdublinlive.ie, in Gardaí probe new information in Philip Cairns disappearance in Rathfarnham

   Ex-garda calls for missing Philip Cairns' case to be upgraded to murder

   victim, Philip Cairns, 13, male, irish (judged from name)Philip Cairns♂13IE
6. 23 Oct2021
   Reportedirishmirror.ie, in Gardaí probe new information in Philip Cairns disappearance in Rathfarnham

   Gardai renew appeal for info about Philip Cairns 35 years after disappearance

   victim, Philip Cairns, 13, male, irish (judged from name)Philip Cairns♂13IE

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