A You Tube documentary on missing Mary Boyle has been reinstated onto the channel after a legal threat.
A YouTube documentary on the case of missing Donegal schoolgirl Mary Boyle which had been removed from the channel because of a threatened defamation case is back on line again.
The video, which has been viewed more than 80,000 times since it was uploaded a week ago on July 4th, was removed for a time on Tuesday.
A message on the video said “The content is not available in this country domain due to a defamation complaint.”
The posted message on the video did not clarify the issue. But just hours later it was back online.
The documentary, written and directed by investigative journalist Gemma O’Doherty, gives what it says is an updated account of the case of Ireland’s youngest missing person.
Mary Boyle vanished on her grandparents’ remote farm at Cashelard outside Ballyshannon in Donegal in March 1977 when she was just 6.
The documentary reveals allegations by retired senior officers that a politician requested the chief suspect not be arrested.
The text accompanying the YouTube video claims the chief suspect still lives in Donegal today.
Reacting to the news of the video’s removal at the time, singer Margo, a cousin of missing Mary’s late father Charles, said she was disappointed by the move.
She said the video had created a new spark in the investigation into what had happened to Mary 40 years ago.
She added that she understood the video was removed because of tweets made following the documentary which named the alleged chief suspect in the case.
“I am extremely disappointed that the video has been removed because it has certainly given a new lease of life to the case in recent days,” she said.
The video has even led to a planned march in memory of Mary which will take place this Saturday at 2pm.
The organiser Naomi Brady, said the video sparked her into staging the march in Ballyshannon.
Margo O’Donnell, who has search for the truth about missing Mary along with the schoolgirl’s twin sister Ann for the past 40 years, said the removal of the video will not stop the search.
“When myself and Ann speak of finding Mary, we always say ‘when’ and not ‘if’ and that’s as strong as ever today. We know we will find her one day.
“I know there are people out there who know what happened to Mary – people who know a lot more than me. If they can find it in their hearts to come forward and to tell the truth, then all this will be over and Mary can be given a proper burial,” she said.
The video had been removed from You Tube last night just after 7pm but was back on line and available to view around 11pm.
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