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| Remains exhumed from cemetery in Disappeared search | Remains exhumed from cemetery in Disappeared search |
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| Joe Lynskey disappeared in 1972 | Joe Lynskey disappeared in 1972 |
| The body set up to find the remains of the Disappeared has carried out an exhumation at a cemetery in County Monaghan. | The body set up to find the remains of the Disappeared has carried out an exhumation at a cemetery in County Monaghan. |
| The Disappeared are those who were abducted, murdered and secretly buried during The Troubles in Northern Ireland. | The Disappeared are those who were abducted, murdered and secretly buried during The Troubles in Northern Ireland. |
| The Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains (ICLVR) said it received information about suspicious activity during the 1970s at a grave in Annyalla cemetery. | The Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains (ICLVR) said it received information about suspicious activity during the 1970s at a grave in Annyalla cemetery. |
| "Both the timeframe and the location coincide with the disappearance of Joe Lynskey in 1972," an ICLVR statement said. | "Both the timeframe and the location coincide with the disappearance of Joe Lynskey in 1972," an ICLVR statement said. |
| Joe Lynskey was abducted and murdered by the IRA in 1972. | Joe Lynskey was abducted and murdered by the IRA in 1972. |
| 'This process may take some time' | |
| The exhumation happened on Tuesday and it said the formal process to establish the identity of all of the remains found in the grave has begun. | The exhumation happened on Tuesday and it said the formal process to establish the identity of all of the remains found in the grave has begun. |
| "This process may take some time," it added. | "This process may take some time," it added. |
| A former Cistercian monk from the Beechmount area of west Belfast, Mr Lynskey later joined the IRA. | A former Cistercian monk from the Beechmount area of west Belfast, Mr Lynskey later joined the IRA. |
| Mr Lynskey went missing in 1972, and republicans have claimed he was "executed and buried" by the IRA. | Mr Lynskey went missing in 1972, and republicans have claimed he was "executed and buried" by the IRA. |
| The latest search for his remains was in 2018. It ended without success. | The latest search for his remains was in 2018. It ended without success. |
| Last November his niece said that his body "needs to be brought home". | |
| So far, the remains of 13 of the Disappeared have been recovered. | So far, the remains of 13 of the Disappeared have been recovered. |
| The remaining four are Mr Lynskey, Columba McVeigh, Seamus Maguire and Robert Nairac. | |
| The disappearance of Mr Maguire was taken on as a new case by the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains (ICLVR) in 2022. | |
| The ICLVR was established by the UK and Irish governments in 1999. | |
| Annyalla is between Monaghan town and Castleblayney. | Annyalla is between Monaghan town and Castleblayney. |