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Thursday 26 November 2020
Gardaí have asked anyone concerned for a loved one they haven’t heard from in recent days to contact them.
As the church tour guide explains, not much is known about the life of the figure known as ‘The Crusader’.
The discovery was made 180 nautical miles from Castletownbere, Co Cork.
Maelys de Araujo vanished at a wedding in the French Alps last August.
The report said it would be particularly difficult to identify “commingled remains” and the remains of children under two.
The remains were discovered by two walkers on a beach in north Clare in late September.
The remains are not connected to any ongoing investigation.
The remains were discovered by construction workers just prior to 5pm this afternoon.
Remains of 40% of the people who died in the attacks have yet to be identified.
“There are currently no known comparative sites, nationally or internationally,” said the Department of Children in a statement.
Decisions are to be made over what is to happen with the exhumation of remains from the Tuam site, those affected say.
The Newry-born teacher was abducted from Paris in 1985.
Some 474 unclaimed infant remains were transferred from mother and baby homes to universities from 1940 to 1965.
Galway County Council has said no remains were found when the housing estate and playground were being built.
A significant amount of human remains were found in sewage chambers at a site first located by researcher Catherine Corless.
The remains are believed to be female.
Gardaí are appealing for the baby’s mum to get in touch as she will need medical attention.
The remains of Mark Burke were found at Thornton’s Recycling facility in July 2014.
Gardaí made the announcement this evening.
It is thought that these could be some of the earliest settlers in the south west.
The first of the funerals will take place tomorrow.
The father of three was killed in a crash yesterday.
The 21-year-old made no plea when he appeared before Glasgow Sheriff Court.
This time in Tanzania.
The remains were found during Luas works in mid-July.
The government is distributing food and water which is given to old people and children first.
Police officers from the two countries were due to recover victims’ remains from the site but heavy shelling has been reported in the village next to the crash site.
Dutch and Australian investigators were at the site today.
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The skeletal remains were found in woodlands in the Dublin mountains on Friday night.
Gardaí are investigating after a walker found skeletal remains on a mountain in Rathfarnham last night.
Gardaí say initial indications are that foul play is not suspected but that they are reviewing all missing person files for the area.
The remains of some 1.13 million Japanese soldiers still lie in a vast area somewhere between Russia and remote southern Pacific islands.
The 78-year-old had been missing since December 2012.
The body of a fully-clothed male was found shortly before 11am; a full post-mortem is due later this evening.
Two fishermen were rescued after being lost for three months – but there are fears they may have eaten one of their companions to stay alive.
The Justice Minister says that remains found at sea are particularly difficult to identify using DNA testing.
North Wales Police confirmed that the remains found in a shallow pool on Wednesday have been identified as missing 37-year-old Catherine Gowing from Offaly.
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Arkinson was 15 when she went missing and is believed to have been murdered. Police say they have received new information on the case.
THE GREYHOUND RACING industry has been put in the spotlight again this week, the Social Democrats put forward a motion proposing to end State funding of the sector.
Writing for TheJournal.ie this week, TD Holly Cairns explained that greyhound racing in Ireland will receive €19.2m in public funding next year – an increase of €2.4m on 2020.
Last year, an RTÉ investigation claimed that almost 6,000 greyhounds were killed for not racing fast enough in 2017.
But advocates for the sector have claimed it supports thousands of jobs and that annual Government funding represents an economic investment.
So, today we’re asking: Should the Government stop funding greyhound racing?
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