High-level diplomatic eff-orts are under way in a renewed attempt to locate the remains of murdered Irish aid worker Margaret Hassan and bring her killers to justice.

THE family of an Irish-born aid worker who was kidnapped and murdered in Iraq have described the adjournment of her killer’s trial as a boost to the continued efforts to locate her remains.

PEOPLE in Kenmare, Co Kerry, where a younger sister of Iraq hostage Margaret Hassan is living, yesterday spoke of their sense of shock and outrage at her kidnapping.