Out of the 16 people who ‘disappeared’ during the Troubles, 3 have still to be found: Columba McVeigh, Joe Lynskey and Robert Nairac.

“Today I appeal again to the conscience of anyone who can help ... so that the agonising wait of the remaining families can be shortened and their loved ones can at last have a Christian burial.”

“Even at this late stage, the remaining families can experience the consolation of being able to offer a Christian burial to their loved ones”.

“Some families are living a long Good Friday and it is difficult for them to know the Easter promise of resurrection.”

Victims endured "horror and barbarity" Bishop Smith states at Co Meath prayer ceremony.