Gardaí to mount new search for body of Columba McVeigh

Gardaí in Co Monaghan are due to begin a fresh search today for the remains of Columba McVeigh, a suspected British army informer killed by the IRA in 1975.

The search near Emyvale follows the receipt of new information about Mr McVeigh’s burial site from the IRA. Two previous searches were carried out in 1999 and 2000 after the IRA admitted killing the 17-year-old and burying his body in the area, but his remains were never found.