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'We will be back with renewed determination' - Bog search for IRA victim paused for winter

The search for a Northern Ireland teenager who was abducted, murdered and secretly buried by the IRA, is being paused for the winter due to “dangerous” weather conditions. Columba McVeigh, 19, from Donaghmore in Co Tyrone, was last seen in November ...

04 Nov 2022 at 11:34

National News

'It has to end' - Search for remains of teen murdered and secretly buried by IRA resumes

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 Monaghan as investigators search for the body of Columba McVeigh, 19, from Donaghmore in Co ...

03 Apr 2023 at 15:34

National News

Families of the Disappeared appeal for help to end their pain

Families of the Disappeared victims of the Northern Ireland Troubles have urged those who know where they are buried to end their pain. The bereaved took part in their annual All Souls Day silent walk to Parliament Buildings at Stormont in ...

03 Nov 2024 at 11:50

Northern Ireland

Urgent appeal for information as latest search for Columba McVeigh ends

An urgent appeal for information to find Disappeared victim Columba McVeigh has been made as the latest search for his remains ends. The Co Tyrone teenager was abducted, killed and secretly buried by the Provisional IRA in 1975. The ...

16 Nov 2023 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

Sinn Fein president urges information on Disappeared be reported to commission

Sinn Fein president Mary-Lou McDonald has urged anyone with information that could lead to the discovery of the remains of any of the Disappeared to bring it forward. Ms McDonald was speaking after a media report that a Sinn Fein ...

16 Dec 2024 at 15:58

National News

Exhumed remains not those of Disappeared victim Joe Lynskey

Remains exhumed from a grave in Co Monaghan are not those of Disappeared victim of the Troubles Joe Lynskey, investigators have said. The Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains (ICLVR) said the remains ...

24 Mar 2025 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

Emer Currie vows to keep promise she made to her father days before his death

Days before the sudden death of Austin Currie, his daughter made a promise to the leading figure in Northern Ireland’s civil rights movement that she would keep the case of the IRA’s disappearance of Columba McVeigh in ...

23 Dec 2024 at 14:24

Northern Ireland

Irish Justice Minister saddened as sixth search for Columba McVeigh ends

Ireland’s Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee, has expressed her sadness as the sixth search for disappeared teenager Columba McVeigh ended without success. The 19-year-old from Donaghmore, Co Tyrone was abducted by ...

16 Nov 2023 at 16:45

Northern Ireland

New search for disappeared victim Columba McVeigh set to begin

A new search for a teenager murdered and secretly buried by the IRA is to begin. Columba McVeigh, 19, from Donaghmore, Co Tyrone, was last seen in November 1975. Excavators will return to a site at Bragan bog near ...

03 Oct 2022 at 01:01

National News

Search resumes in Co Monaghan for IRA victim Columba McVeigh

03 Apr 2023 at 12:20

Northern Ireland

Family of Disappeared victim Columba McVeigh ‘hopeful’ as new search begins

The family of a teenager murdered and secretly buried by the IRA have spoken of their hope as a new search for his remains begins. Columba McVeigh, 19, from Donaghmore, Co Tyrone, was last seen in November ...

03 Oct 2022 at 10:45

Northern Ireland

I’ll never give up hope his body will be found, says sister of Columba McVeigh

The sister of one of the final of Northern Ireland’s Disappeared to remain missing has said she will never give up hope or stop praying that he will be found. Columba McVeigh, 19, from Donaghmore in Co ...

31 Oct 2023 at 00:01

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