Renewed efforts to find body of Margaret Hassan

RENEWED efforts are being made to find the body of Irish-born aid worker Margaret Hassan after a number of men captured in Iraq were questioned about the case.

The Department of Foreign Affairs has established contact with authorities in Iraq in a bid to verify reports that a group of insurgents arrested on Sunday had admitted involvement in her killing.

Officials are also seeking confirmation that articles of clothing and personal items found during the raid by Iraqi and US troops belonged to Mrs Hassan.