Gareth O'Callaghan - It's on quiet days like today that I think about Philip Cairns. And in doing so I find myself wondering if there are many others thinking about him also.
![Missing Philip Cairns' sister reveals family plagued by phone calls from people claiming to have taken him Missing Philip Cairns' sister reveals family plagued by phone calls from people claiming to have taken him](https://www.thesun.ie/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/NINTCHDBPICT000607826059.jpg)
Missing Philip Cairns' sister reveals family plagued by phone calls from people claiming to have taken him
![This is the strongest lead we've ever had in Philip Cairns' case' - former detective Gerry O'Carroll - Independent.ie This is the strongest lead we've ever had in Philip Cairns' case' - former detective Gerry O'Carroll - Independent.ie](https://www.independent.ie/incoming/286c2/34791589.ece/AUTOCROP/h530/PL1697137186%20A%20Ga.jpg)
This is the strongest lead we've ever had in Philip Cairns' case' - former detective Gerry O'Carroll - Independent.ie
![Chief suspect in 1986 disappearance of Dublin schoolboy Philip Cairns lived locally, it has been claimed - Dublin Live Chief suspect in 1986 disappearance of Dublin schoolboy Philip Cairns lived locally, it has been claimed - Dublin Live](https://i2-prod.dublinlive.ie/incoming/article19123441.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200b/0_Phillip-Cairns.png)
Chief suspect in 1986 disappearance of Dublin schoolboy Philip Cairns lived locally, it has been claimed - Dublin Live
![Philip Cairns's mother says she'll forgive the man who may be responsible for her son's disappearance Philip Cairns's mother says she'll forgive the man who may be responsible for her son's disappearance](http://c0.thejournal.ie/media/2016/06/file-photo-alice-cairns-was-talking-to-rte-radio-this-morning-about-her-heartbreak-of-losing-philip-end-2-752x501.jpg)
Philip Cairns's mother says she'll forgive the man who may be responsible for her son's disappearance
![Missing Philip Cairns' sister reveals family plagued by phone calls from people claiming to have taken him Missing Philip Cairns' sister reveals family plagued by phone calls from people claiming to have taken him](https://www.thesun.ie/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/philipcairns.jpg?strip=all&quality=100&w=1200&h=800&crop=1)
Missing Philip Cairns' sister reveals family plagued by phone calls from people claiming to have taken him
National Missing Persons Helpline on Twitter: "Philip Cairns was 13yrs old when he went missing on 23 Oct 1986 from Ballyroan Dublin #PhilipCairns #IMCD #InternationalMissingChildrensDay #HelpBringThemHome https://t.co/5O35NoYpoQ" / Twitter
![Philip Cairns missing: 'Sorry for what I did to Philip': Gardai investigating note stashed in paedophile Eamon Cooke's lock-up - Dublin Live Philip Cairns missing: 'Sorry for what I did to Philip': Gardai investigating note stashed in paedophile Eamon Cooke's lock-up - Dublin Live](https://i2-prod.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/article11492764.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200b/FotorCreated.jpg)