Murder of Raonaid Murray

By 2008, Raonaid was said to have "achieved iconic status", according to Kim Bielenberg of the Irish Independent, who remarked in one article that her image was still to be seen on the front pages of Ireland's newspapers on a regular basis.

[3] Upon finishing school, she worked part-time in a fashion boutique in Dún Laoghaire but intended to re-sit her Leaving Cert at the Institute of Education in Leeson Street and hoped to attend the arts faculty in University College Dublin upon completion.

[3][4] She liked reading and poetry, with her favourite play being Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas, and hoped to one day be a success as a professional writer.

[3] Raonaid spent the evening of 3 September 1999 socialising in Scotts pub on Georges Street, Dún Laoghaire,[4] a place she knew well.

[4] Raonaid was stabbed four times in the side, chest and shoulder with a one-and-a-half-inch sharp knife while in Silchester Crescent.

[4] These appeals for information have been renewed, particularly with authorities suspecting that any young people who may have witnessed the crime may now have reached the correct level of maturity to discuss what they saw.

[2] On the tenth anniversary of Raonaid's murder in 2009, gardaí issued descriptions of a male and female who they wanted to interview on the matter.

[7] A forensic profile of the killer suggested that it would be a young man,[4] in his mid- to late twenties, single, living either alone or with his mother.

It recommended renewed searches for the murder weapon and found areas of failings: The review team suggested new theories: On 28 August 2009, a website was launched by Jim and Deirdre Murray as a tribute to Raonaid and to generate awareness of the case.