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08 Sept 2025

Searches continue in rural Kilkenny for missing Dean Roche

Gardaí renew appeal for information on Dean Roche, missing from Kilkenny for eight years

Dean Roche / Picture: An Garda Síochána

Searches are continuing for Dean Roche, who was last seen alive close to a ravine in Ballyfoyle on March 22, 2015.

Gardaí are appealing to forestry workers, hikers, hunters and farmers who have been in and around the area of the ravine in Ballyfoyle in the past 10 years for information.

“If you came across any piece of clothing or disintegrated clothing in the area over the years please contact us,” said a senior garda spokesman. “It might seem like a small thing but it could prove to be crucial to this investigation.”

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