A search for a missing boy in Dublin who has not been seen for several years has so far been unsuccessful.

The chief executive of the Children’s Rights Alliance, Tanya Ward, has questioned if the Covid pandemic allowed the child missing in north county Dublin to “slip through the net”.

Brandon Gavin (22) of Brookdale Road, Rivervalley, Swords, has pleaded not guilty to the murder of 19-year-old Marius Mamaliga at Forest Court, Swords, on the evening of February 23, 2023