An investigation has been launched following claims that a child has been killed and secretly buried. Detectives have sealed off a house over the weekend after a woman told police that her ex-partner had killed the child.

The child is understood to boy who has been missing for several years and would be around eight-years-old if they were alive today. However, according to the Irish Mirror, sources say that police believe the boy to be dead.

Sources say the woman made the claim when gardai from Swords Station in north Dublin interviewed her about her missing child on Sunday, Dublin Live reports. The sources also say gardai are treating the woman's claims as credible.

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