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| Victim's mother to meet Paisley | Victim's mother to meet Paisley |
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| DUP leader Ian Paisley is due to meet the mother of one of the so-called Disappeared. | |
| Vera McVeigh's son Columba, 17, was kidnapped, murdered and secretly buried by the IRA in 1975. | Vera McVeigh's son Columba, 17, was kidnapped, murdered and secretly buried by the IRA in 1975. |
| Mr Paisley was contacted by the late Monsignor Denis Faul, a campaigner for the Disappeared, asking for his help. | Mr Paisley was contacted by the late Monsignor Denis Faul, a campaigner for the Disappeared, asking for his help. |
| In July, Mr Paisley said Fr Faul had told him not to give in until the families of the Disappeared had retrieved their loved ones' remains. | In July, Mr Paisley said Fr Faul had told him not to give in until the families of the Disappeared had retrieved their loved ones' remains. |
| The meeting was set up by the DUP peer Lord Morrow. | |
| Columba McVeigh's younger brother, Oliver, said that his mother talked about her murdered son every day, and needed closure. | |
| He said that they hoped the involvement of the DUP leader would help his family and the other families of the Disappeared. | |
| "They can certainly apply more pressure on Sinn Fein/IRA and on the two governments because there's going to be no closure for our families unless they turn up the bodies," he said. | |
| "If anyone saw my mother - seen the state she was in, they would certainly want it to happen and I'm sure the other families would be the same." | |
| In 2003, Mrs McVeigh said she had given up hope of ever finding her son's body. | In 2003, Mrs McVeigh said she had given up hope of ever finding her son's body. |
| She was speaking as police completed a 14-day excavation at bogland at Bragan near Emyvale, County Monaghan. | She was speaking as police completed a 14-day excavation at bogland at Bragan near Emyvale, County Monaghan. |
| The operation was the third dig in the area and followed new information passed to the Irish Government by the IRA. | The operation was the third dig in the area and followed new information passed to the Irish Government by the IRA. |
| In 1999, the IRA offered to help locate the bodies of the nine Disappeared. Three victims were found in 1999 while one was uncovered in 2003. | In 1999, the IRA offered to help locate the bodies of the nine Disappeared. Three victims were found in 1999 while one was uncovered in 2003. |