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Kyran Durnin Tulsa review will not be made public

Kyran Durnin Tulsa review will not be made public

Tusla, Ireland’s government agency responsible for child welfare and protection, said it would not conduct an internal review into Kyran Durnin’s interactions with his family.

Kyran was reported missing at the end of August, but last week gardaí (Irish police) said the boy was now “presumed dead”. launched a murder investigation.

Detectives believe the boy may have been killed more than two years ago, when he was six years old.

The searches took place earlier this weekat a private estate and adjoining land at Emer Terrace in Dundalk, County Louth, where the family lives until May 2024.

RTÉ reported that a spokesman said: He said on behalf of Tusla: “In accordance with standard practice in sensitive situations and in the context of the live investigation being carried out by An Garda Síochána and the highly sensitive nature of the personal information involved, the investigation cannot be published at this time.”

Tusla previously said it alerted gardaí to a significant concern regarding Kyran in August.

The agency also said that Kyran met with him and his family, even though it was not his responsibility. Last week, it launched an internal review of his interactions with Kyran and his family.

Information held by the agency regarding the missing child was lost in a cyber attack.

Tusla said the system affected by the attack was “not a case notes recording system” and was not relevant to the agency’s internal review of Kyran’s interactions with his family.

But the Irish Independent First reported data lossHe quoted sources as saying it was a “matter of concern” for gardaí.