Search resumes in Co Monaghan for IRA victim Columba McVeigh

A search for the remains of Columba McVeigh, who was murdered and secretly buried by the Provisional IRA, resumed on Monday (Family handout/PA)

A search for the remains of Columba McVeigh, who was murdered and secretly buried by the Provisional IRA, resumed on Monday (Family handout/PA)

A search for the remains of a teenager who was murdered and secretly buried by the IRA in 1975 has resumed.

Digging started on Monday at Bragan Bog in Co Monaghan as investigators search for the body of Columba McVeigh, 19, from Donaghmore in Co Tyrone.

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