[5] McCarrick moved to Ireland permanently on 4 January 1993,[5] living in rented accommodation in Sandymount with two other tenants.
[5] McCarrick worked at Café Java as a waitress and also at the Courtyard Restaurant, Donnybrook[5] She later visited friends and stayed for dinner.
The authorities focused their search on the Wicklow Mountains and wider Leinster area as many women have gone missing there (the "Vanishing Triangle") since 1990.
In 2014, in a new book called Missing, Presumed by a detective named Sergeant Alan Bailey, it was revealed that an IRA killer and child abuser was established as a "credible suspect" in the disappearance of McCarrick.
[9] In July 2020, a New York-based lawyer named Michael Griffith announced that he had received a significant new lead in relation to the Annie McCarrick case.
[10] In September 2020, a U.S-based team of private investigators announced that they had identified the suspect whom they believe murdered Annie McCarrick.
[13][14] On 24 March 2023, two days before the 30th anniversary of McCarrick's disappearance, Gardaí stated they had upgraded the investigation to a murder inquiry.
McCarrick's disappearance is covered in MISSING: Beyond the Vanishing Triangle, a two-part true crime documentary first aired in May 2023 on RTÉ One.
[16] The case is also at the centre of the documentary Six Silent Killings: Ireland's Vanishing Triangle, which first aired on 12th November 2023 in the UK.