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GARDAÍ INVESTIGATING THE disappearance of 22-year-old Trevor Deely in December 2000 are following new lines of inquiry that are bringing them closer to finding out what happened to the young man.
Today marks 17 years since Trevor, who was from Naas in Co Kildare, went missing after his work Christmas party. He worked for Bank of Ireland Asset Management and had gone back to his office in the early hours of the morning to collect an umbrella for his walk home. The last sighting of Trevor was captured on CCTV at an ATM on Haddington Road at 4.44am on 8 December 2000.
In August this year, gardaí announced that a search was beginning on a site in Chapelizod based on new information investigators had received. The search for the young man’s remains was called off in September and gardaí said at the time that they had not found anything that would assist in helping them locate him.
Speaking to TheJournal.ie this week, Detective Inspector Paul Costello said the decision to search the site was based on “a very genuine piece of information”.
“A lot of it added up and it did fit, so we couldn’t leave it behind us,” he said.
“If we were not to do it properly, we’d always be wondering – and so would the family.”
Trevor’s sister Michele has described the experience over August and September this year as “incredibly difficult”. She said some of the theories put forward in the media, which included a suggestion that his disappearance maybe gangland-linked, made things worse for the family.
“We knew a dig had very serious connotations, and what may come from that, but to do it in such a glare of that type of headline… certainly for me I had never ever imagined that’s what happened to Trevor that night,” she told RTÉ’s Ray D’Arcy Show on Saturday.
“And we know now that was not true now.”
‘Old-fashioned policing’
Detective Inspector Costello told TheJournal.ie that, 17 years on, gardaí are still actively investigating this case – and they are not going to stop.
Since that search finished, we’re happy to put that behind us and we’re looking at other avenues. There’s one or two lines of inquiry that have us very, very busy and we’ll see what develops from there but we’re not stopping.
They’re independent of it [the search] and there’s a lot of facets to it and a lot of different angles that we’ve been working on. Through old-fashioned policing we’re tracking down people and as we find them, every now and again, we’re getting to someone who knows something or saw something – little bits – that’s putting us in the right direction.
In April this year, gardaí had released enhanced CCTV footage of the morning the 22-year-old disappeared.
The footage shows him talking to a man outside the gate of his office and later footage shows a person gardaí believe is this same man passing the ATM on Haddington Road just seconds after Trevor.
Costello said that it was a busy morning with a lot of “comings and goings”.
“There was a taxi strike, there was a lot of people there – early morning delivery people, there were people still working through the night as there were in Bank of Ireland Asset Management [where Trevor worked],” he said.
“There was lots of other people in that area, you know, prostitutes, their minders, other people who were connected to that area and also the late night shops and garage – people in there buying fuel and so on. All of those people have to be tracked down through appeals, through every kind of method. All those people have to be spoken to and we’re still tracking them down.
“A lot of people in that industry used different identities or changed their names afterwards, and there’s a lot of work trying to find them. So there’s a lot of new stuff that’s come in and we’re still working on it.”
When asked whether he was confident that gardaí could still find out what happened to Trevor, Costello replied with a simple “Yes”.
Crimestoppers is still offering a reward for anyone with information in relation to this case and can be contacted anonymously on 1800 25 00 25.
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Matt a nice guy but he is the establishment and has a D4 bias. Read his vitirol against McGregor yet relatively silent on his mate Hook.
Yates comes from privilege as stated himself in his book. Privately educated the silver cutlery set from his mouth not just the spoon.
Banks good, unions bad, we have to pay for water ah sure give the government a chance….. same same same……. Social media will thrive with this insiders at the helm pontificating.
@John Stafford: Considering Cooper from Cork he done well for himself if he has embedded him in the D4 establishment.
@mickmc: reread my comment. You are extracting meaning where there is none.
The McGregor/ Hook difference is only one example where he suits a story to fit a ideology.
I have met Matt on numerous occasions he is a nice guy but he is full of bias. He defends power and often he defends the indefensible as he is a hack lacking journalistic integrity.
This problem is not confined to Matt and is not supposed to be a personal tirade just the awful state of journalism in this country.
Yates counts DOB as his personal friend.
Dead cat show.
To cut a long story short : you will not get debate here. You will get bias, propaganda and misdirection.
I am being too harsh here. I am sure TV3 are environment conscious and reckon that they can reduce their carbon footprint by asking fellow ” I want your land” Pat Kenny to give the lads a lift home after rehearsals.
Sure they live in the same direction, eat in the same restaurant s and covert in the same bankrupt circles.
Doing their bit for the environment.
@John Stafford: I will be giving this a miss. Don’t like either of them. They definitely won’t be filling Vincent’s boots.
Jobs for the boys as usual! What is News?
@Bernadette Purcell: How dare they get jobs jist because theyre popular and experienced.
@Neal Ireland Hello.: they are yawn material.
@Neal Ireland Hello.: Agree whole-heartedly. If you are in the national spotlight, you will have as many haters as supporters. Bernadette would prefer some long-time Dole mule to get the job, despite the fact they dont want to work.
@Larry Fitzwell: I’d say your surname refers to how well your lower orifice accommodates your head.
It will be a pile of S@$te no doubt, pretty much like every tabloidish tripe that comes out of TV3, the only successful programme ever made on this ghastly station was tonight with Vincent Browne. Matt and Ivan are no Vincent’s , it will be a train wreck, Matt probing the nicetees of his guests, Ivan trying to concut conspiracies/ controversies even from the most mundane guests.
@Joseph Dempsey: What is the point of you? Writing something off before you have seen 1 minute of it!!! Must be hard to live with all that bitterness inside you?
@Larry Fitzwell: god bless you Larry, is that it, is this all you can contribute? It would normally take 10 seconds of my time to respond to anything TV3 has to offer but I was busy warming my redibrex. As an aside perhaps you could name a single production of quality that has come out of this station? It’s nothing but a cheap advertising bill board. Your final inference re living with bitterness has a disturbing undertone so doesn’t merit comment but I can assure you I live a deliriously happy life.
Life is far to short to spend even ten seconds listening to them two posh boys.
I’m expecting a cringe fest
Let’s hope they stick to the current affairs and it doesn’t become a quasi sports affair…there is enough of that on st the weekend.
It sounds awful. Iwouldn’t be bothered watching. Two DOB employees, one an ex-Fine Gael minister.
For the love of god, does everything have to be called “Today” or “Tonight” or The Daily Tonight Show” or some combination of the above!
As someone who get up early in the morning I can’t see myself getting to see too much of it if it’s starting at 11pm
It’s on too late. Why do both RTE and TV3 schedule current affairs programs when most people are heading off for a night’s sleep. Why aren’t these programs shown earlier in the evening instead of feckin Frock Finders and other similar dross.
POLL:
Will you be watching? Come on predictable journal
Mick Clifford : the only man for he job,This pair it will be all cosy and chummy with a few insider barbs exchanged,well that’s showbiz folks.
Will Enda be the first Guest
They are obviously not targetting the workimg audience, the people who get out of bed early have to be in bed by 11
Hope you’re opinionated and as bullish as ever Ivan,not a watered down version
It is an American approach, with 2 questioners of different view points, the purpose of which is to create an entertaining polarisation of outlook.
It is current affairs as light, very light, entertainment.
Who will do the nasty old guff and blather, refelecting the voice of prejudice and anti rationality?
How about discussing the witch hunt that was George Hook where you can’t even voice your opinion on the radio.
I’m not a fan of either of them, I can’t even listen to them on the radio but I’ll have a look at the show and see how it goes.
Better that than “a table with four walking legs,” like I experienced at a seance one night. Straight up. I announced I wasn’t convinced and the whole thing was a scam. A few minutes later I felt the pressure of (heavy) wood nudging me. No pulleys or other devices were in evidence…
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