How the disappearance of a 13-year-old boy in 1986 challenged the belief that children were safe in familiar surroundings Belfast Telegraph By: John Meagher 22 October 2026 at 15:27 40 years after Philip Cairns went missing, we still cling to the memory of the boy who never came home
‘Why we cling to the memory of the boy who never came home 40 years ago’ Belfast Telegraph By: John Meagher 22 October 2026 at 08:32 The mysterious disappearance of 13-year-old Philip Cairns in a Dublin suburb on October 23, 1986 challenged something many had taken for granted: the belief that children were safe in familiar surroundings
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