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Search for Disappeared soldier Robert Nairac to begin on Irish border

A search is set to start in a remote area of the Irish border for Disappeared soldier Robert Nairac. The British Army officer is believed to have been abducted by the Provisional IRA while on an undercover operation in a pub in south Armagh in 1977 ...

26 Aug 2024 at 00:01

National News

'It has to end' - Search for remains of teen murdered and secretly buried by IRA resumes

A search for the remains of a teenager who was murdered and secretly buried by the IRA in 1975 has resumed. Digging started on Monday at Bragan Bog in Co Monaghan as investigators search for the body of Columba McVeigh, 19, from Donaghmore in Co ...

03 Apr 2023 at 15:34

Northern Ireland

Remains to be examined after exhumation in search for Joe Lynskey

Investigators searching for the remains of Disappeared victim Joe Lynskey said the exhumation of a grave in Co Monaghan had been a difficult time for his family. The Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains (ICLVR) said a ...

27 Nov 2024 at 18:11

National News

Families of the Disappeared appeal for help to end their pain

Families of the Disappeared victims of the Northern Ireland Troubles have urged those who know where they are buried to end their pain. The bereaved took part in their annual All Souls Day silent walk to Parliament Buildings at Stormont in ...

03 Nov 2024 at 11:50

Northern Ireland

Urgent appeal for information as latest search for Columba McVeigh ends

An urgent appeal for information to find Disappeared victim Columba McVeigh has been made as the latest search for his remains ends. The Co Tyrone teenager was abducted, killed and secretly buried by the Provisional IRA in 1975. The ...

16 Nov 2023 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

Sinn Fein president urges information on Disappeared be reported to commission

Sinn Fein president Mary-Lou McDonald has urged anyone with information that could lead to the discovery of the remains of any of the Disappeared to bring it forward. Ms McDonald was speaking after a media report that a Sinn Fein ...

16 Dec 2024 at 15:58

Northern Ireland

New search for disappeared victim Columba McVeigh set to begin

A new search for a teenager murdered and secretly buried by the IRA is to begin. Columba McVeigh, 19, from Donaghmore, Co Tyrone, was last seen in November 1975. Excavators will return to a site at Bragan bog near Emyvale in Co ...

03 Oct 2022 at 01:01

Northern Ireland

‘Painstaking’ search for remains of Disappeared soldier Robert Nairac under way

A “painstaking” search for the remains of Disappeared soldier Robert Nairac is taking place close to an historical site near the Irish border. The British Army officer is believed to have been abducted by the Provisional IRA ...

26 Aug 2024 at 13:46

National News

‘Outstanding’ Disappeared investigator to retire

The lead forensic scientist and investigator for the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains (ICLVR) is to retire this week. Geoff Knupfer, who has been in the role since 2005, said it has been “an ...

26 Mar 2023 at 23:01

National News

Search resumes in Co Monaghan for IRA victim Columba McVeigh

03 Apr 2023 at 12:20

Northern Ireland

Family of Disappeared victim Columba McVeigh ‘hopeful’ as new search begins

The family of a teenager murdered and secretly buried by the IRA have spoken of their hope as a new search for his remains begins. Columba McVeigh, 19, from Donaghmore, Co Tyrone, was last seen in November ...

03 Oct 2022 at 10:45

Northern Ireland

I’ll never give up hope his body will be found, says sister of Columba McVeigh

The sister of one of the final of Northern Ireland’s Disappeared to remain missing has said she will never give up hope or stop praying that he will be found. Columba McVeigh, 19, from Donaghmore in Co ...

31 Oct 2023 at 00:01

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