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HUMAN REMAINS FOUND in France are those of Seamus Ruddy, one of the Disappeared.
A spokesperson for the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains (ICLVR) said French authorities have confirmed the development.
The remains were found in a forest at Pont-de-l’Arche near Rouen in northern France last week.
The Newry-born teacher was abducted from Paris in 1985 and it is believed he was murdered by the INLA.
‘Tragic search’
Following the discovery of the remains, the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality, Frances Fitzgerald said: “I hope the discovery of remains in France will move us ever closer to finalising the tragic search for all of the Disappeared.
For a family to be bereaved but denied the opportunity to bury their loved one is a terrible cruelty that is hard to imagine. At this time, I would like to remember all of the families of the Disappeared and the suffering which they have endured. In particular, my thoughts are with those families who still await recovery of the remains of their loved ones.
“I want also to commend the dedicated and ceaseless humanitarian work of the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains and its project team. I assure them and the families of the other Disappeared of my and the Government’s support for their ongoing work.”
The ICLVR recovered the bodies of Brendan Megraw in 2014 and Kevin McKee and Seamus Wright in 2015. The remains of Columba McVeigh, Joe Lynskey and Robert Nairac have yet to be recovered.
Anyone with information on the Disappeared has been asked contact the ICLVR in confidence on 00800 555 85500, by writing to ICLVR, PO Box 10827, Dublin 2, or via its website.
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Do we even realize how lucky we are demonstrations over the price as basic as bread
@Margaret Mcgarry: puts France and their yellow vests in perspective…
@James Brady: —AND ALSO” THE STROKESTOWN AFFAIR!!”
Surely the headline should be 22 people brown bread?
@Robert Grant: ??
@Robert Grant: I agree. They’re toast.
@⚡ Seánie ⚡: if Trump was involved you would all be full of faux outrage
what on earth makes it ok to jibe over the deaths of humans who where seeking a simple human sustenance 30,000 years in existence…
Gandhi:There are people in the world so hungry that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.
Today’s bread prices today, as Achmed Brennan would say !
“Riots over bread prices” Cartainly puts things into perspective.
The EU is directly responsible for this due to converting agricultural land into forestry which in turn reduced grain and veg surpluses forcing the prices up for all the markets
@George O Neill: What absolute tripe, the Sudanese are hardly importing bread and grain from the EU.
@George O Neill: LOL
@Kilian Dunne: The EU sold it’s surplus food stuff off to African countries for many years before they decided to cut production
@George O Neill: A lot of things affect the price of grain, increasing population and increasing meat consumption are two of the biggest. Throw in more droughts because of climate change and the prices will be extremely volatile, when they rise even a little it pushes millions below the poverty line.
What a horrific place to live. I read James Patterson’s book ‘Woman of God’ recently and it gives a slight insight to the lives of Sudan’s and the medical teams who work there. I admire anyone who volunteers to work in these countries. They don’t have a camera crew and security detail like George Clooney. Human rights are nonexistent there. The medic teams basically stitch up whom they can, only to be sent out to be tortured, raped, or shot. These medics should get the New Year ‘Time’ front issue. Very brave and committed people. For the poor unfortunates living there, we can only hope for them and find a way to go there and help them.
Those yellow vests should take note, considering France’s history in Africa.
‘Sold’ by Zana Muhsen
Two teenagers sold in to marriages that they did not consent to. Yemen, a God awful place for women and children.
It’s the yeast that’s rising it
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