Columba McVeigh

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Search for remains of Columba McVeigh resumes (RTE.ie)

Columba McVeigh was murdered and secretly buried by the IRA in 1975 · ICLVR Lead Investigator Jon Hill · Columba McVeigh's sister Dympna Kerr at Bragan bog today.

"We are entirely information driven. It has to end." Please make it this time," she said. Any information that comes to us is treated in the strictest confidence and will never be used for any other purpose than to find the remains and return them to their family." Ahead of US President Joe Biden's visit to Northern Ireland next week to mark the anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, Ms Kerr said she hoped that he would be "made aware of the plight of the families of the Disappeared still waiting for a resolution". Ms Kerr said that the agreement was to bring "a new beginning, a new dawn of hope, and for many, including us, it did".

Search resumes in Co Monaghan for IRA victim Columba McVeigh (BreakingNews.ie)

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 ...

Mr Hill added: “Is he here in the first place? He said: “We have returned today for the second part of this search. “I am totally confident that if he was buried here, we will find him. We have the experts, we have the technology, we have the equipment.” “And President Clinton did so much for the families of the Disappeared, but President Biden needs to know that there is unfinished business and that there are Irish men and women who every day and every night still have to live in this horrible limbo. “Hopefully we are going to have a dry enough summer to be able to continue the search until a satisfactory conclusion.

Search of Co Monaghan bog for remains of Columba McVeigh has ... (thejournal.ie)

The current search began in October but was suspended in November due to 'dangerous' ground conditions.

“We are entirely information driven. “Our focus is on doing everything we can to bring this search to a successful conclusion, he added. “I am totally confident that if he was buried here, we will find him. [Geoff Knupfer had been the lead forensic scientist](https://www.thejournal.ie/lead-forensic-scientist-disappeared-retire-6029693-Mar2023/) and investigator of the ICLVR, but retired last week. We have the experts, we have the technology, we have the equipment,” said Hill. A SEARCH OF a Co Monaghan site for the remains of one of the “Disappeared” has resumed, after having been paused in November due to “dangerous” ground conditions.

Dark cloud still not lifted – our hopes have been dashed time and ... (The Irish Sun)

A SEARCH for the remains of a teenager who was murdered and secretly buried by the IRA in 1975 continued today as investigators vowed to continue unti.

“I am totally confident that if he was buried here, we will find him. She added: “It’s 25 years since the Good Friday Agreement, that was to bring in a new beginning, a new dawn of hope and for many - including us - it did. She said: “Of course we hope that this time Columba will be found but those hopes have been dashed so many times before that there still is that gnawing feeling in the pit of my stomach.” We have the experts, we have the technology, we have the equipment.” “The anniversary of the 25 years of the Good Friday Agreement obviously has taken this forward dramatically and it has encouraged people to come forward with information and resolve this matter.” He is one of the “Disappeared” victims of the Troubles whose bodies have still to be found.

Joe Biden 'should be told about Disappeared' on visit to NI (Yahoo News Australia)

The search for his remains resumed on Monday at Bragan Bog in County Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland. His sister said that her family hoped he would be ...

Sister of Columba McVeigh wants President Biden to know what ... (ITV News)

New searches for Columba McVeigh from Co Tyrone who was murdered and secretly buried by the IRA nearly 50 years ago are underway at Bragan bog in Co ...

“If the remains of Columba are in this part of the bog we will find them.” “Of course we hope that this time Columba will be found but those hopes have been dashed so many times before that there still is that gnawing feeling in the pit of my stomach,” she said, adding: “Please make it this time.” “And President Clinton did so much for the families of the Disappeared, but President Biden needs to know that there is unfinished business and that there are Irish men and women who every day and every night still have to live in this horrible limbo.