Gardaí believe missing Philip Cairns could be buried near the Kildare border according to reports

Gardaí are set to search the corner of an isolated field in the foothills of the Dublin Mountains as they intensify their search for missing schoolboy Philip Cairns.

A raft of new evidence has been brought forward to the authorities in the past fortnight, and the Independent.ie are this morning reporting that they are now focusing on a field at the Dublin mountains, which lie around a mile from the Dublin/Kildare border at Kilteel.

Witnesses have came forward to state that they remember seeing convicted pedophile dj Eamon Cooke using a digger in the area more than 30 years ago. Cooke was said to have used the area to transmit signals for his pirate radio stations at the time in 1983. Independent.ie also state that claims have been made that the sex offender also buried a container in the field, while a caravan may also have been kept there.

13-year-old Philip Cairns went missing on October 23 1983, and has not been seen since leaving his home in Rathfarnham. The investigation into his disappearance appeared to have stagnated, but a woman reportedly came forward last week to declare that she had seen Philip in radio stations that former dj Cooke was running. Gardaí are now investigating up to 160 new lines of enquiry in relation to the case.