Human remains found during search for IRA victims in woods

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

There has been no formal identification by gardaí and DNA testing is being carried out in a bid to shed more light on yesterday’s grim discovery.

There was some speculation that the body was that of Danny McIlhone, a Northern Ireland man who disappeared in 1981.

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