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# Remains

Last year
2023
State Pathologist dealt with 417 cases last year (including 8 cases of ancient human bones)
24 Oct 2023
7.2k
8
Trinity College set to return 13 skulls taken from Inishbofin over 100 years ago
22 Feb 2023
14.5k
16
Dogs found dumped in Kildare bog likely suffered 'traumatic injuries'
3 Feb 2023
28.5k
22
All time
Recruitment launched for Director who will oversee excavation of Tuam mother and baby home site
25 Nov 2022
9.0k
'A dreadful crime': Justice Minister makes appeal for information about body parts found in Dublin
Updated 14 Jan 2020
54.3k
47
'The Crusader' was never intended to be a mummy ... and he may not even have been a crusader
2 Mar 2019
28.9k
19
Gardaí investigating after human remains found by fishing vessel off Irish coast
22 Jan 2019
62.3k
6
Remains of French nine-year-old who disappeared at wedding in August found
14 Feb 2018
99.5k
32
Report sets out five options of what could happen at Tuam
12 Dec 2017
34.0k
65
Remains found on west coast beach confirmed as those of woman buried at sea
18 Oct 2017
72.9k
32
Human remains uncovered by Gardaí in Dundalk are 'historical'
7 Sep 2017
19.1k
6
'Skeletal remains' found at house in Dundalk confirmed as human
6 Sep 2017
35.0k
21
9/11 victim's remains identified nearly 16 years later
8 Aug 2017
33.2k
86
The 'mixing of remains' will make it very difficult to identify babies at Tuam site
7 Jul 2017
10.0k
29
'Something urgent has to be done with the Tuam site - it can't just be left as it is'
20 May 2017
11.4k
47
Remains found in France confirmed to be Seamus Ruddy
10 May 2017
17.1k
16
Med schools 'conscious of distress' experienced by families of infants whose remains were sent to universities
10 Mar 2017
14.7k
28
Catherine Corless says more human remains are likely to be buried under Tuam playground
8 Mar 2017
17.6k
79
Tuam babies: Next steps in finding the truth behind their deaths
3 Mar 2017
16.5k
71
Man finds decomposed remains while walking on beach in Galway
30 Nov 2016
34.9k
4
Gardaí say it's possible baby girl found in Bray was stillborn
4 May 2016
25.6k
26
Father makes emotional appeal to find son's killer: 'Why did they do that to Mark? He was harmless'
7 Apr 2016
26.5k
8
The man whose dismembered body was dumped in the Grand Canal has been named
19 Jan 2016
117k
75
6,000-year-old human remains found in Kerry
22 Sep 2015
19.9k
42
The remains of all the Berkeley victims have now returned to Ireland
22 Jun 2015
40.5k
27
Dozens of motorbikes escort remains of Aidan Lynam home to Dublin
4 May 2015
38.1k
23
Alexander Pacteau, 21, charged with the murder of Karen Buckley
17 Apr 2015
148k
6
Another new species of dinosaur has been discovered
8 Sep 2014
9.4k
17
Multiple human remains found outside Trinity College
14 Aug 2014
37.1k
39
Relatives of China quake victims will receive $3,200 compensation
5 Aug 2014
4.5k
3
Australian and Dutch police scrap MH17 site visit over security worries
27 Jul 2014
8.7k
27
Dutch government sending military police to protect MH17 crash site
25 Jul 2014
9.8k
59
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
18 Sep 2013
4.9k
Investigations into identity of Kilakee remains continue
17 Sep 2013
8.9k
14
Human remains found in Dublin Mountains
14 Sep 2013
25.3k
54
Skeletal remains found in Limerick nature reserve
7 May 2013
11.1k
3
Seventy years on Japan looks for WWII remains
11 Apr 2013
8.2k
9
Remains of missing man Harry Warwick identified
6 Mar 2013
13.8k
2
Post-mortem due on body found in Co Wicklow woodlands
25 Jan 2013
18.7k
26
Cannibalism mystery after Russian fishermen found in wilderness
5 Dec 2012
16.0k
17
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