Fragments of human remains found in search for Joe Lynskey

Fragments of quality remains person been recovered astatine a tract that was antecedently searched for remains of Joe Lynskey, the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains (ICLVR) has said.

Mr Lynskey, from westbound Belfast, is 1 of the Disappeared - a radical of 17 radical who were abducted, murdered and secretly buried during The Troubles successful Northern Ireland.

DNA tests showed that remains recovered astatine a previous hunt of Annyalla Cemetery successful County Monaghan were not that of Mr Lynskey.

On Friday, the ICLVR said that accusation came to them "indicating different tiny country of involvement wrong the confines of the cemetery", not different sedate site.

The State Pathologist has been notified and the remains person been taken distant for method examination.

The Lynskey household person been informed of the development.

"We cognize lone excessively good that the Lynskey household person had hopes raised earlier lone to beryllium bitterly disappointed and so, arsenic ever, expectations person to beryllium managed," Eamonn Henry, pb researcher of the ICLVR said.

"The process of recognition could instrumentality immoderate clip and we volition proceed to connection the household what enactment we can."