Human remains found on a remote hillside were today confirmed as those of missing IRA victim Danny McIlhone.

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.

Diggers and forensic scientists are still working at the site near Blessington in Co. Wicklow where partial human remains, hoped to be those of missing Belfast man Danny McIlhone, were found earlier this week.

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.

HUMAN remains have been found as part of the continuing search for IRA victims in Co Wicklow woodlands.

The remains of a man believed to have been murdered and buried by the IRA in 1981 have been discovered, security sources said tonight.