Gardaí investigating the disappearance of Dublin schoolboy Philip Cairns almost 23 years ago are to begin a third day of searching a section of land in Rathfarnham.
Detectives say the search follows new information received by the investigating team.
However, officers stress this is just one of a number of lines of inquiry they are currently pursuing.
A team of up to 40 gardaí are involved in excavating around one eighth of an acre of wooded area off the Whitechurch Road, close to the M50.
Philip Cairns was 13 years old when he vanished while walking back to school in Rathfarnham in October 1986.
