A man in his 50s arrested for questioning over the disappearance and murder of Josephine “Jo Jo” Dullard has been released without charge.
Gardaí said a search operation is continuing on open ground in Co Wicklow near the border with Kildare.
The land is being searched and excavated before a technical and forensic examination is carried out, gardaí said.
On Tuesday morning, excavation work was under way with two vehicles on site and a large number of people operating in the surrounding fields who appeared to be using metal detectors in a systematic search around the field.
Josephine “Jo Jo” Dullard went missing on November 9th, 1995, while on her way home to Callan in Co Kilkenny after socialising in Bruxelles bar on Dublin’s Harry Street.
The 21-year-old missed her last bus to Kilkenny and instead boarded a 10pm bus to Naas, Co Kildare, intending to hitchhike the rest of the way home.
She hitched a lift from Naas to the slip road on the M9…
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