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Human remains found in Disappeared search The Disappeared: Human remains found during search for Joe Lynskey
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Human remains have been found during the search for one the Disappeared, Joe Lynskey. Human remains have been found during the search for one of the Disappeared, Joe Lynskey.
He was abducted in west Belfast in 1972 and was murdered and secretly buried by the IRA. Mr Lynskey was abducted in west Belfast in 1972. He was murdered and secretly buried by the IRA.
The Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains (ICLVR) has been searching for his body in Coghalstown, County Meath since March. The Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains (ICLVR) has been searching for his body at a bog in County Meath since March.
The remains have not yet been identified.The remains have not yet been identified.
"The discovery was made by contractors under the supervision of a forensic archaeologist," the ICLVR said in a statement."The discovery was made by contractors under the supervision of a forensic archaeologist," the ICLVR said in a statement.
"Following the recovery of the body the state pathologist will begin the process of post-mortem and of formal identification.""Following the recovery of the body the state pathologist will begin the process of post-mortem and of formal identification."
v The term, the Disappeared, refers to victims who were murdered and secretly buried by republicans during the Troubles.
'Years of pain'
Mr Lynskey was a former Cistercian monk from the Beechmount area of west Belfast who later joined the IRA.
He was abducted close to his home in August 1972.
When excavations began at the Coghalstown bog in March, forensic investigators said they had narrowed the search to about 15 acres of bog land.
Last month, the victim's niece visited the search site in person and made a public appeal for help in finding his body.
Maria Lynskey said her family had suffered "years of pain" after his abduction.
The ICVR was established in 1999 by treaty between the British and Irish governments to obtain information in strictest confidence that may lead to where the bodies are buried.