On the 30th anniversary of her disappearance, Gardaí have issued a renewed appeal for information about Jo Jo Dullard. 

On 9th November 1995, the 21 year old travelled from her home in Kilkenny to Dublin where she spent an evening with friends in Bruxelles Bar on Harry Street. 

After she missed the last bus home to Kilkenny, Ms Dullard took another bus to Naas, County Kildare. 

From there, she caught a lift part of the way home. 

 “She ended up at a phone box where she made a phone at 11.37 to her friend,” criminologist Trina O’Connor explained to Newstalk Breakfast. 

“While she was talking to her friend, she said a car has pulled up and she said she was going to take the lift. 

“She was never heard from or seen since that time.”

A tombstone for Jo Jo Dullard. Picture by: Eamonn Farrell/© RollingNews.ie

Ms Dullard was reported missing the following morning but despite an extensive Garda investigation, no one has ever found out what happened to her. 

“Last year, a dig was commenced; a couple of houses were searched,” Ms O’Connor added. 

“A man was [arrested and] released without charge.” 

Gardaí carry out searches for Jo Jo Dullard in the Ballyhook area of Grangecon in County Wicklow in 2024. Picture by: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews

In 2020, on the 25th anniversary of her disappearance, Gardaí announced they were no longer treating the case as that of a missing person. 

Instead, they believe Ms Dullard was murdered. 

“Any information that they have that they felt they couldn’t come forward with before might be able to help,” she said. 

“There is some emphasis on a walkman that she had. If anyone knows anything about that [do] get in touch.” 

A search for Jo Jo Dullard. Image by: Alamy.com. 

The youngest of five, Ms Dullard’s father died before she was born. 

Her mother, Nora, died of cancer in 1983, 12 years before her disappearance. 

“She had four siblings, they just want anyone that feels that they might have information to come forward,” Ms O’Connor said. 

“Because people may not realise, even if somebody was giving another hitchhiker in the area or the person who gave Jo Jo that last lift, if they could come forward. 

“They need any information because… what you don’t think is important may be very important to the case.”

Main image: Jo Jo Dullard.