Tom Fallon

Trevor Deely disappeared into the rainy Dublin night on the 7th of December 2000. The 22 year olds life was just beginning. He'd started working in finance with Bank of Ireland Asset Management. He'd just moved from Naas, renting an apartment in Ballsbridge walking distance from his job. That fateful night he went to the office Christmas party in the Hilton Hotel that carried on to Buck Whaley’s on Leeson Street. Around 3.25 am, in the lashing rain and wind he left the club. There was a taxi strike that night. Instead of going straight home, at 3.35 am he stopped at his office on Wilton Terrace on the way. CCTV shows him letting himself in, soaking wet. He went upstairs, checked his emails and got a large dark blue umbrella marked with white ACC Bank lettering. Just before 4.00 am, he rang a mate and left a casual voicemail saying he was heading home. At 4.03 am, he exited the building and turned towards Haddington Road, the route he would normally take to Ballsbridge. He was never seen again. At 4.14 am, CCTV captured Trevor walking past a Bank of Ireland ATM on Haddington Road. He was heading south, umbrella up. This is the last confirmed image of him. A man dressed in black appeared shortly after Trevor passed the ATM. In December 2023, Gardaí identified him and removed the person from the investigation. Separate CCTV from Wilton Terrace shows an unidentified man standing near the office entrance for approx 30 minutes before Trevor arrived. When Trevor reached the gate, the two spoke briefly. This is the critical interaction that might explain both Trevors reason for going to the office instead of home in such horrific weather, and why he subsequently disappeared. Trevor then entered the building alone. But what was the mystery mans reason for being there waiting so long at that hour in horrible weather? This interaction has never been explained. We could speculate it was an innocent fellow employee, but if so why didn't he enter or come forward later? Was a random dude on his way home from a Xmas party, but if so why was he standing in the rain? And surely after the massive media coverage why didn't he clear his name? Or was he waiting there for Trevor, perhaps with or for something they'd arranged to exchange? Speculation aside he is the last person known to have spoken to Trevor Deely. Where did that bleedin huge ACC Bank umbrella go even? There was a Taxi strike that night, perhaps predators took advantage of that? There was no debit card activity from Trevors account after that night like you'd expect from an opportunistic mugging gone wrong. Likewise that regular scumbag was unlikely to dispose of a body without detection. Over the past 25 years, Gardaí have searched water and underground and followed countless dead ends. The Dodder and the Grand Canal were examined repeatedly by the Garda sub-aqua unit. The logic was perhaps the poor chap after a few gargles had a slip on a wet night. No trace was found. In 2017, a tip-off claimed Trevor had a "chance encounter with a local gang member" and was shot and buried in Chapelizod. This led to a large scale excavation. Shockingly a gun was recovered. But when other illicit material, like a significant quantity of drugs, was also found it seemed this was a stash site unrelated to Trevor’s case. No direct evidence exists linking his disappearance to this place, apart from the dubious informer, who undoubtedly knew about the presence of other illegal material there. I cant imagine the unending nightmare for Trevor’s family. They have kept searching, particularly his brother Mark and sister Michele. This isn't some Dublin ghost story. The is a real human being. That poor lad went somewhere, perhaps against his will with somebody, and someone knows why and where he is. If you have information contact: Pearse Street Garda Station 01 6669000 Garda Confidential Line 1800 666 111 National Missing Persons Ireland 1800 442 552 or email info@missingpersons.ie