{"id":381257,"date":"2026-04-04T07:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T07:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/381257\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T07:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T07:14:08","slug":"three-year-search-appeal-for-missing-teenage-boy-stood-down-as-gardai-issue-major-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/381257\/","title":{"rendered":"Three-year search appeal for missing teenage boy stood down as garda\u00ed issue major update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A teenager who had been the subject of a missing person appeal for more than three years has been found, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireland-live.ie\/tag\/An-Garda-Sioch%C3%A1na\/27?sortElement=data_pubblicazione,true&amp;page=1&amp;sortDefault=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">garda\u00ed<\/a> have confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Neraid Corja, who was 16 when he went missing, was reported missing from the Broadford area of Co Kildare on Friday, March 10, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>In an update issued today, Friday, garda\u00ed confirmed the case has now been resolved.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson said: &#8220;Neraid Corja (16) who was reported missing from the Broadford area of Co. Kildare since Friday 10th March 2023, has been located.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>They added: &#8220;We would like to thank the public and media for their assistance in this matter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ireland-live.ie\/news\/national-news\/2053957\/garda-easter-weekend-crackdown-sees-21-arrests-and-hundreds-speeding-in-first-24-hours.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"color: #800080;\">READ MORE |\u00a0Garda Easter weekend crackdown sees 21 arrests and hundreds speeding in first 24 hours<\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the time of the original appeal, garda\u00ed sought the public&#8217;s help in tracing the teenager, who was described as being approximately 5 foot 3 inches in height with a slim build, brown eyes and black hair.<\/p>\n<p>He was last seen wearing black trousers and black and white runners.<\/p>\n<p>The appeal remained in place for several years before today&#8217;s update confirmed he has now been found.<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A teenager who had been the subject of a missing person appeal for more than three years has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381258,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[45,61,60,3770,29887,768,43],"class_list":["post-381257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-an-garda-siochana","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-kildare","tag-missing-person-appeal","tag-national-news","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381257\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}