Latest: Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has welcomed the news from the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains (ICLVR) today.

The mother of a teenager murdered and buried by the IRA was left mentally tortured as she tried to convince herself he had run away to marry, an inquest has heard.

The anguished family of a teenager kidnapped and killed by the IRA yesterday have made a fresh appeal for information on the eve of the 40th anniversary of his disappearance.

Tributes have been paid to the top archeologist who helped bring closure to the anguished families of the North’s Disappeared.

The brother of a newly-wed murdered and secretly buried by the IRA has expressed hope of finally finding his body ahead of fresh searches commencing in remote bogland today.

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

A new search for the remains of a teenager kidnapped and murdered by the IRA nearly 40 years ago has been called off.

The search for one of the IRA’s so-called Disappeared victims has resumed in a vast bog near the Irish border.

KEVIN CRILLY was cleared at Belfast Crown Court yesterday of murdering undercover soldier Captain Robert Nairac 33 years ago.

Kevin Crilly was cleared at Belfast Crown Court today of murdering undercover soldier Captain Robert Nairac 33 years ago.

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HUMAN remains discovered in July were those of Charlie Armstrong, believed to have been abducted and murdered by the IRA in 1981.

Human remains discovered in July were those of a man believed to have been abducted and murdered by the IRA in 1981, it was confirmed 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.

A man suspected of killing a British undercover soldier in the North more than 30 years ago appeared in court today.

New legislation to help relatives of those murdered and dumped by the IRA will come into force on November 9, it was revealed today.

The family of a man thought to be among those abducted, shot and secretly buried by republicans during the Troubles today appealed for the return of his body.

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.

A man charged in connection with the IRA abduction and disappearance of undercover Army officer Captain Robert Nairac more than 30 years ago was remanded on continuing bail when he appeared in court today.

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.

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, it emerged today.

A republican fugitive arrested for questioning about the murder of British Captain Robert Nairac had been living under an assumed name, it was revealed tonight.

Police investigating the murder of SAS officer Captain Robert Nairac in the North more than 30 years ago arrested a man in South Armagh today.

Families of IRA victims abducted and murdered during the conflict in the North are to march at Stormont tomorrow.

Catholic churches in the diocese of Armagh are to appeal for information about people who disappeared during the Troubles and whose bodies have never been found, it was reported today.

REPUBLICANS must do more to end the suffering of families whose loved ones mysteriously vanished during Northern Ireland’s Troubles, the SDLP said yesterday.

A confidential telephone number and address are to be set up to help locate the bodies of people abducted, murdered and secretly buried by the IRA, it was announced today.

Relatives of alleged informers murdered and secretly buried by the IRA tonight rejected an apology from the Provisionals for their suffering.

The Government has indicated it is not ready to scrap the no-jury anti-terrorist Dublin Special Criminal Court, introduced 30 years ago following the emergence of the Provisional IRA and other paramilitary organisations.