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22/08/2014
New Search To Be Carried Out For Disappeared Brendan Megraw
A new search is set to get underway in Co Meath for the remains of Brendan Megraw, one of the Disappeared.
Mr Megraw, from West Belfast, was abducted, murdered and secretly buried by the IRA in April 1978. He was 23-years-old and newly married when he was taken.
A new search is to be carried out at Oristown bog, which has been described as "vast", by specialist forensic investigators.
Three previous searches of the bog have been unsuccessful.
(MH/JP)
Mr Megraw, from West Belfast, was abducted, murdered and secretly buried by the IRA in April 1978. He was 23-years-old and newly married when he was taken.
A new search is to be carried out at Oristown bog, which has been described as "vast", by specialist forensic investigators.
Three previous searches of the bog have been unsuccessful.
(MH/JP)
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