Gardai plan to release ID of boy in dig probe

GARDAI are planning to release the identity of the little boy whose suspected death and secret burial has shocked the nation, it has emerged.

- BY MICHAEL O'TOOLE and CIARA O'LOUGHLIN

Sources have told us a plan to publish the boy's name and photograph is now under active consideration - and is likely to happen within days.

"It should happen sooner rather than later. This child needs a name, this child needs to be remembered," a source said.