New search to be carried out for the remains of a man the IRA abducted, murdered and secretly buried almost 50 years ago
A new search is to be carried out for the remains of a man the IRA abducted, murdered and secretly buried almost 50 years ago.Investigators working for the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains will be at Bragan Bog, near Emyvale, in County Monaghan on Monday.The new search will concentrate on a two-acre site, part of which is covered by forest.
"In terms of how the search will progress, much will depend on the weather and the state of the bog as we move through the autumn."Mr McVeigh, from Donaghmore in County Tyrone, was 19 years old when he disappeared in 1975.They have strongly rejected the IRA claim that he was an informer.Geoff Knupfer said the commission was convinced Columba McVeigh was buried in Bragan Bog
Geoff Knupfer, the ICLVR's lead forensic investigator, said: "We would not be searching unless we believed that there was a credible reason for doing so."The fact that we have not found his remains after a number of searches is deeply disappointing and frustrating especially for the McVeigh family.
The majority of the murders took place in the 1970s, with victims abducted in Northern Ireland and mostly killed and buried at locations in the Republic of Ireland. The Provisional IRA has admitted responsibility for 13 of the murders and the Irish National Liberation Army one.
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