Open Ground Search For Jo Jo Dullard And Deirdre Jacob Concludes On Kildare/Wicklow Border

Thursday, 2 July 2026 at 14:30

By Daniel Maher

The families have been updated in relation to the outcome of these searches.

An open ground search for Jo Jo Jo Dullard and Deirdre Jacob has concluded on the Kildare/Wicklow border.

Gardaí investigating the disappearance and murders of Jo Jo Dullard and Deirdre Jacob had commenced a search operation on open ground at a location in Co. Wicklow on the 15th of June 2026.

These searches have now concluded.

The families of Jo Jo Dullard and Deirdre Jacob have been updated in relation to the outcome of these searches.

The results of these searches will not be released for operational reasons.

Ms Dullard (21) went missing from Moone in Co Kildare on November 9, 1995, on her way home to Callan, Co Kilkenny, after socialising in Dublin. It was upgraded from a missing person’s case to a murder inquiry in 2020.

Ms Jacob disappeared on 28 July 1998, aged 18. She was last seen crossing the road towards the entrance to her home at Roseberry, Newbridge, Co Kildare. The investigation was upgraded to a murder inquiry in 2018.

Larry Murphy, a convicted rapist and attempted murderer from Baltinglass, Co Wicklow, who currently lives in London, is a suspect for the murder of Ms Jacob and a person of interest in Ms Dullard’s disappearance.

An Garda Síochána continues to appeal to anyone with any information, no matter how small or insignificant you might believe it to be, to contact Kildare Garda station on 045 527 730 or any Garda station, or anyone who wishes to provide information confidentially should contact the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111.