Gardaí are currently searching an area of woodland in Chapelizod in attempt to solve the case of Trevor Deely, who went missing in Dublin 17 years ago. 

According to RTÉ, new information suggests that Trevor was killed by a known criminal who he may have met in the Baggot Street area on December 8 2000, the night he disappeared. 

Detectives are treating the search as the most significant breakthrough since Trevor went missing. 

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