The case of a boy reported missing on Friday, August 29th, who has not been seen in a number of years and is presumed dead, dominates Irish front pages on Tuesday morning.

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”.

Schoolboy Brian McDermott’s remains were recovered from the River Lagan after he disappeared from Ormeau Park on Sunday, September 2nd, 1973.

Other high speeds include a motorist driving 123km/h in a 100km/h zone on the N60 at Facefield, Co. Mayo.

New accounts show that Cook Ireland returned to pre-tax profit to record pre-tax profits of €13.95 million in 2024 compared to a pre-tax loss of €5.4 million in 2023.

New figures provided by the State Examinations Commission (SEC) show that the 155 2025 Leaving Cert results have been permanently with-held because of cheating and the 155 compares to 71 results permanently withheld by the SEC at the same point in 2024.

Brian O'Connor, aged 30, with an address at Gardiner Street, Dublin 1, was charged with assault causing harm, production of a weapon and motor theft offences in connection with the incident in the early hours of Saturday.

The child is believed to be a boy who was three and a half years old when he was last seen.

Mr Kelly also expressed support for the remaining hopeful in the Fine Gael process, former party deputy leader Heather Humphreys.

Some of the productions last year included Audrey or Sorrow, a world premiere by Marina Carr; Children of the Sun, a world premiere by Hilary Fannin and Safe House, a world premiere written and directed by Enda Walsh.

So far this National Slowdown Day, members of An Garda Síochána, along with GoSafe Mobile and Static Safety Cameras, have detected a total of 268 vehicles travelling in excess of the applicable speed limit.

Valeriju Voronenko, 50, a Lithuanian national with an address at Gardiner Street in Dublin 1, was arrested at Stable Lane near Smithfield on August 8th.

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) said that recall notices will be displayed at point of sale.

The Workplace Relations Commission ruled that MGM Boats (Cork) Limited, which operated an office in Kinsale, Co Cork had breached the Employment Equality Act 1998 by discriminating against former broker, Alan Barton, on grounds of his disability.

Cara Darmody brought a cake up for Simon Harris for their meeting at Government Buildings.

The call came as police reported attacks on houses in separate incidents in Belfast and Donaghadee.

The prospectus for Israeli bonds has been approved by Luxembourg.

He insisted that he had a “very professional relationship” with Mr Martin going back many years.

The hospital with the highest number of people on trolleys in August was University Hospital Limerick, with 1773 people without a bed.

With more consultants moving to public-only contracts, fewer insured patients are treated in public hospitals.