Search winding down for McVeigh body

Gardaí were tonight winding down their latest search near the border for the remains of Columba McVeigh, one of the “disappeared” – people who vanished after being kidnapped and murdered by the IRA over a period dating back more than 30 years.

A new bid to find the body of teenager Mr McVeigh was started near the Co Monaghan village of Emyvale earlier this month after the IRA relayed fresh information to Ireland’s Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains.