Issue Date: 19th October 2024
Sunday, 20th October 2024, marks the 17th anniversary of the murder of 21-year-old Paul Quinn in Co Monaghan.
Paul was murdered in the Tullyvanus area on Saturday, 20th October, 2007, after being lured to a shed by a number of men and the investigation into his murder is ongoing.
During the course of this investigation, 23 people have been arrested. This includes 14 persons who were arrested in this jurisdiction by An Garda Síochána and 9 persons who were arrested by the Police Service of Northern Ireland. In March 2020, a thematic review of this investigation was completed by the Garda Serious Crime Review team.
Gardaí continue to work with their colleagues in the Police Service of Northern Ireland in efforts to solve this crime.
The solving of this murder is of the utmost priority for An Garda Síochána and any information received will be treated with absolute confidentiality. Gardaí believe that there are still people with information in the community who have yet to come forward.
Superintendent Ronan Carey said: "We firmly believe that the answers to this murder or the evidence that we require to progress this investigation lies within the community. That relationships change or the nature of them, and that people may be in a position now to provide answers to us or come forward to us and give us information that they may not have been previously in a position to do so. We want to provide the answers, and we want to provide justice to Paul, to his mother, Breege, and his father, Stephen.”
Liaison continues with the Quinn family, who are updated regularly on any developments in the case.
Breege Quinn, Paul’s mother said on this, the 17th anniversary of the murder of her son: "The Gardaí are still investigating the murder. Please go and give us justice. It's 17 years now, it's horrific. It's no easier today than it was that evening that he died.”
An Garda Síochána appeals to anyone with any information, no matter how small or insignificant you might believe it to be, to contact Carrickmacross Garda Station on 042 9690197 or any Garda station, or anyone who wishes to provide information confidentially should contact the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111.
