Body found in bog during search for Disappeared

A body has been found in a bog in Co Meath where a man abducted and murdered was believed to have been secretly buried by the IRA.

The human remains were found in a drainage ditch on Oristown bog, near Kells, Co Meath by contractors called into to prepare the site for forensic excavations.

Newly-wed Brendan Megraw from Twinbrook, was looking forward to the birth of his first child and was due to start a new job on a ship when he went missing in April 1978 aged 23.