Anyone watching Monday night’s RTÉ 1 documentary on the Disappeared could not fail to be moved by the testimony of the families of those abducted and murdered by the IRA during the 1970s.

Shotgun residue was discovered in the car of a father of five abducted and murdered by republican paramilitaries at the height of Troubles, an inquest heard today.

A search for the body of a man believed murdered by republican paramilitaries in the Northhas discovered human remains, investigators said today.

Families of those killed and secretly buried by republican paramilitaries today held a silent walk highlighting their campaign to find loved ones.