Coroners to be asked about all cases of unidentified remains since 2019

Hildegarde Naughton: 'My officials will write to each coroner to ask them what cases of unidentified remains they have dealt with since 2019.' Picture: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie

The Government is to write to each coroner to ask them what cases of unidentified remains they have dealt with since 2019, in an effort to speed up any delays in linking the finding of remains with missing persons.

Minister of State at the Department of Transport Hildegarde Naughton said the results of the number of cases identified in each coronial district will be shared with An Garda Síochána and its Missing Persons Unit.