Unsolved

December 2000. Dublin city centre.

The Government had just announced Budget 2001. Taxi drivers were on strike and the weather was grim. Then-US President Bill Clinton was about to come to town. The economy was booming and Christmas party season was in full swing.

And on Thursday December 7th, Trevor Deely, a 22-year-old IT worker at Bank of Ireland Asset Management, was preparing to go to his work Christmas do.

Trevor never made it home after his Christmas party. His family never saw him again. Almost 26 years later, the disappearance of Trevor Deely remains Unsolved.

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On a cold and windy Thursday evening, in November 1995, 21-year-old Jojo Dullard vanished without a trace while making her way home from Dublin to her flat in Callan, Co. Kilkenny.

In Part 2 of the story of Jojo Dullard we track the investigation into her disappearance, how her case got upgraded to murder, the arrest of a man for questioning in 2024 and the progression of the case all the way up to the searches in 2026.

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On a cold and windy Thursday evening, in November 1995, 21-year-old Jojo Dullard vanished without a trace while making her way home from Dublin to her flat in Callan, Co. Kilkenny.

Jojo had recently gotten a new job that she was due to start the day after her disappearance. But she never started her new job. She never got the chance to pursue her dreams. Jojo was murdered - possibly the very same night she went missing, almost 31 years ago. If you have any information, please contact our tipline - unsolved@rte.ie

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In October of 1986, on an ordinary Autumn Thursday, 13-year-old Philip Cairns disappeared. He had just finished lunch at his house in Rathfarnham, Dublin 16 and was walking back to school for his afternoon classes down quiet suburban lanes when he vanished into thin air.

To this day Philip is one of the most well-known missing persons cases in Ireland. Despite almost 40 years of nationwide searches and appeals, no one has ever been arrested and Philip has never been found. In Part 2 of our series on Philip Cairns we look at the biggest tangible clue in the case - Philip's schoolbag - and the decades of disappointment that followed that hopeful discovery, plus the fresh optimism Pirate Predator's Peter Mulryan has brought to the case.

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In October of 1986, on an ordinary Autumn Thursday, 13-year-old Philip Cairns disappeared. He had just finished lunch at his house in Rathfarnham, Dublin 16 and was walking back to school for his afternoon classes down quiet suburban lanes when he vanished into thin air.

To this day Philip is one of the most well-known missing persons cases in Ireland. Despite almost 40 years of nationwide searches and appeals, no one has ever been arrested and Philip has never been found. If you have any information, please contact our tipline - unsolved@rte.ie 

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In this special episode of Unsolved, documentary maker Peter Mulryan of Pirate Predator joins Barry and Katja to exclusively reveal a new development in the case of missing schoolboy Philip Cairns, who disappeared almost 40 years ago, in October 1986.

In 2016, a female witness gave a statement to Gardai alleging that in October 1986, when she was nine years old, she was in the company of Eamonn Cooke when he picked up a boy she identified as Philip Cairns in his car, brought him to the radio Dublin studios and physically assaulted him. Her witness statement was not pursued by Gardai in 2016 due to questions about her witness timeline.

As the 40th anniversary of Philip's disappearance approaches this October, Doc on One have unearthed new information which could provide new leads in Philip's case and Pirate Predator producer/presenter Peter Mulryan joins us in today's special episode of Unsolved to talk us through them.  As part of her statement, the witness alleged that missing schoolboy Philip Cairns was in the company of Eamon Cooke the day of his disappearance.  The new evidence supports a crucial detail provided by a witness, whose account had previously been dismissed by investigators.

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In January 1993, 26-year-old New Yorker Annie McCarrick moved to Dublin to build the life she'd long dreamed of. Two months later, she was gone, never to be seen again.

As a crime journalist, Barry reported on Annie's case in good faith with what he thought were hard facts for over two decades. But those facts were called into question in 2023. Nothing in this case was as it seemed.

In part 2 of our series on Annie McCarrick, we follow the full twists and turns of the investigation into the disappearance of Annie McCarrick from March 1993, up to and including the reclassification of her case to murder in 2023 and beyond, including the arrest of a person of interest and forensic search of a house in 2025.

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In January 1993, 26-year-old New Yorker Annie McCarrick moved to Dublin to build the life she'd long dreamed of. Two months later, she was gone, never to be seen again.

In Part One, Barry Cummins and Katja Mia trace Annie's story from Long Island to Sandymount, from her Irish-American childhood to her years at Maynooth, and the ordinary Friday morning in March 1993 when she was seen for the very last time.

They follow her final known movements and ask why sightings reported as fact for three decades are now in question. Plus: information sent from America in 1993 that never reached the detectives who needed it.

Annie McCarrick's case remains Unsolved. Part Two is out next Wednesday. Get in touch at unsolved@rte.ie

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In the summer of 1987, Antoinette Smith went to see David Bowie in concert at Slane Castle and never came home.

Aged just 27, Antoinette was a full-time mother of two, so the rare night out was extra exciting. Antoinette kissed her daughters goodbye on that sunny July day, not knowing she would never see them again. Her body was found nine months later in tragic and horrifying circumstances.

In Part two of our series on the murder of Antoinette Smith, we delve into the murder investigation that has spanned almost four decades, starting with her body's tragic discovery during a child's game of hide and seek in the Dublin mountains in 1988.

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On the 11th of July, 1987, 27-year-old Antoinette Smith went to see David Bowie in concert at Slane Castle and never came home.

Antoinette was a full-time mother of two, so the rare night out was extra exciting. Antoinette kissed her daughters goodbye on that sunny July day, not knowing she would never see them again. Her body was found nine months later in tragic and horrifying circumstances.

In Part One of our series on the murder of Antoinette Smith, we meet the real woman behind the headlines - her life, her beloved daughters, her last day on earth and the beginnings of a murder investigation that has remained unsolved for nearly 40 years.

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Fiona Pender was last seen alive in August 1996 in her Tullamore flat. She was 25 years old and seven months pregnant. Fiona and her family had just come through a profound tragedy but were preparing for a new chapter in their lives. All this changed when Fiona disappeared. Her body was never found and no one ever got to meet the baby that Fiona and her boyfriend John were expecting.

Part 3 of our series on Fiona Pender is the conclusion of Fiona Pender's story, from further searches in 2014 springing from a case in Canada to her case finally being reclassified as a murder investigation in 2025.

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Fiona Pender was last seen alive in August 1996 by her boyfriend John in their Tullamore bedsit. She was 25 years old and seven months pregnant. Fiona and her family had just come through a profound tragedy but were preparing for a new chapter in their lives. All this changed when Fiona disappeared. Her body was never found and no one ever got to meet the baby that Fiona and John were expecting.

In Part 2 of our series on Fiona Pender, we track the many twists and turns in the massive nationwide search for Fiona, from the arrest of five suspects in 1997 up to a mysterious cross being found in the woods at Slieve Bloom in 2008.

The conclusion of Fiona Pender's story, from further searches in 2014 to her case finally being reclassified as a murder investigation in 2025, will drop later this week.

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Fiona Pender was last seen alive in August 1996 by her boyfriend John in their bedsit in Tullamore. She was 25 years old and seven months pregnant. Fiona and her family had just come through a family tragedy but were preparing for a new chapter in their lives. All this changed when Fiona disappeared. Her body was never found. No one ever got to meet the baby that Fiona and John were expecting. In Part One of our series on the murder of Fiona Pender, we meet the real woman behind the headlines - her life, her ambitions, her last day on earth and the beginnings of a murder investigation that has gripped Ireland for 30 years.  Get in touch at unsolved@rte.ie  

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On Friday 3rd September 1999, 17-year-old Raonaid Murray had a job at a clothes boutique in Dun Laoghaire, a large circle of friends and was the baby of a close family of five. She hoped to study Arts at UCD and maybe become a writer someday. Raonaid left her friends at a crowded bar in Dun Laoghaire at 11:24pm to go home and change. The plan was to head on to a nightclub. But she never got home, or back to her friends. Within an hour, Raonaid Murray was dead.

In part two we look at the nationwide outcry at Raonaid's death and the exhaustive and tragically fruitless search for her killer which involved 9,000 people interviewed, 3,000 Garda statements, even 14 arrests. Raonaid Murray’s murder is Unsolved.  

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On Friday 3rd September 1999, 17-year-old Raonaid Murray had just finished a nine hour work shift and was making last-minute plans with her friends to go clubbing. Just after 11pm, promising her friends she'd be back soon, Raonaid left Scott's Bar in Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin to nip home and change clothes. Within an hour, she was dead. Raonaid was stabbed in a vicious attack that left Ireland reeling. Almost 27 years later, Raonaid Murray's murder remains Unsolved.

In part one we meet Raonaid and look in detail at her life and her last day on earth. Get in touch at unsolved@rte.ie  

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Robert Howard was never convicted for the murder of Arlene Arkinson but he was convicted for murdering another teenage girl - 14-year-old Hannah Williams. In this bonus episode, we hear the tragic consequences of Howard remaining at large after Arlene's disappearance.Get in touch at unsolved@rte.ie  

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In August 1994, after a disco in Bundoran, 15-year-old Arlene Arkinson hugged her friend Donna goodbye for the last time. Arlene got into the car of Robert Howard, not knowing that he was a convicted rapist. Arlene was never seen again, her body never found.

In Part 2, we discover the full evil of the main suspect in her disappearance - Robert Howard - and hear first-hand from Barry about his experience reporting on Howard's trial for Arlene's murder in 2005.  

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In August 1994, 15-year-old Arlene Arkinson went to a disco in Bundoran. Arlene never came home. Her body was never found.

Despite countless searches, multiple police investigations, and even a murder trial in 2005, Arlene Arkinson's family never got justice. In Part 1, we meet Arlene as she is getting ready for a night out - her last night on earth. Get in touch at unsolved@rte.ie  

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Some crimes don't get solved. Some families never get justice. Unsolved, hosted by award-winning crime journalist Barry Cummins and RTÉ presenter Katja Mia, is a true crime podcast made in the hope that someone listening knows something. In each episode, we investigate Irish cold cases with the victim firmly at the centre of the story, focusing on the lives behind the headlines, what we know about the crime that took them from their loved ones and the lasting impact it had. Get in touch at unsolved@rte.ie  

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