Paul Williams: Why the Annie McCarrick mystery that so long focused on Wicklow and Dublin Mountains has now shifted closer to home

Pictures of Annie McCarrick on display at a press conference at Irishtown garda station, Dublin, during the 2023 investigation. Photo: Getty

Paul Williams

Unconfirmed sightings of Annie McCarrick and the absence of CCTV at the time of her disappearance effectively skewed the high-profile investigation 32 years ago.

The initial garda investigation was set on a trail to nowhere when a number of witnesses mistakenly believed they had seen the 26 year old American woman.