Fresh searches for one of the IRA’s so-called Disappeared victims are to start in Meath within days, it has been confirmed.

The top forensic investigator with the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims Remains said “we would like to think we will have some success in this coming year”.

The top investigator searching for the seven final victims of the co-called Disappeared appealed tonight for the public’s help to bring closure to families.

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.

The family of a man believed to have been murdered by the IRA almost 30 years ago face a month-long wait for confirmation his remains have been found.

JUSTICE Minister Dermot Ahern has said “the best way” for the family of IRA disappeared victim Gerry Evans to have closure, “is if his remains are found”.

Forensic investigators who today began digging bogland for the remains of a man murdered and secretly buried 30 years ago are not expecting any immediate breakthroughs.

Regular contact between the IRA and forensic investigators is guiding searches for people abducted, murdered and secretly buried during the North’s Troubles, it emerged tonight.

Murdered IRA victim Danny McIlhone will finally be laid to rest with his mother and father almost 30 years after his disappearance, his family said today.

The family of IRA victim Danny McElhone were today hoping to finally give him a Christian burial as the last of his suspected remains were taken from a hillside.

Investigators who uncovered the partial remains of a suspected IRA victim on a remote Wicklow hillside are using their ground-breaking methods at five other potential burial sites, it was revealed tonight.

DNA TESTS on the partial remains of a man believed murdered and secretly buried by the IRA could take several weeks.

DNA tests on the partial remains of a man believed murdered and secretly buried by the IRA could take several weeks, it emerged today.

Pressure mounted on the IRA today to come clean about its so-called “Disappeared” victims.