Body exhumed from Monaghan grave as search continues for Joe Lynskey

A grave in Co Monaghan has been exhumed by experts searching for one of the Disappeared, Joe Lynskey.

A former monk from Belfast who later joined the IRA – he was abducted, murdered and secretly buried in 1972.

The remains were taken from a single grave at Annyalla Cemetery, which is located between the towns of Castleblayney and Clontibret.

Lead investigator with the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains, Jon Hill, says a formal process would be undertaken to establish the identity of all the remains found……………………….

 

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