Human remains have been found by teams searching for a man who disappeared near the Irish border almost 30 years ago, it was revealed tonight.
Father-of-five Charles Armstrong (57) from Crossmaglen, south Armagh, went missing on his way to Mass in 1981.
He is one of the so-called “Disappeared” — the 14 men and women abducted and killed by republican paramilitaries at the height of the violence in Northern Ireland. Five bodies have been recovered.
Tonight the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains said the remains were found near Colgagh in Co Monaghan. No further details were revealed.
Mr Armstrong’s family have been informed, along with gardaí and the State Pathologist.
A statement said: “The recovery is ongoing and the formal identification process will take some time.”
Earlier this week, the commission announced it had received an anonymous map which indicated a previously unsearched area where it was claimed Mr Armstrong was buried.
This was the third map that has been received on this case and was described as "significant."
The family of Mr Armstrong called on the person who sent the map to make contact.
“All we want is to bring Daddy home for the last time, give him a Christian burial, and let us have a grave to visit and grieve," said Mr Armstong's daughter Anna McShane.
Searches are also continuing for the bodies of Séamus Wright, Kevin McKee, Columba McVeigh, Brendan Megraw, Gerry Evans, Robert Nairac and Séamus Ruddy.