Fresh dig for remains for IRA victim

A FRESH dig for the body of a teenager abducted and murdered by the IRA nearly three decades ago will begin today after a witness to the burial, who had not come forward before, decided to do so just over a month ago.

Columba McVeigh, aged 17 when he went missing from his Co Tyrone home, is thought to be buried in a Monaghan bog. An earlier dig failed to find the remains.

The Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains confirmed last night that the dig will recommence at the same site. It will be a limited dig and last no more than four or five days, said commission secretary Eamonn Mulligan.