The body set up to find the remains of the Disappeared has carried out an exhumation at a cemetery in County Monaghan.

The Disappeared are those who were abducted, murdered and secretly buried during The Troubles in Northern Ireland.

The Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains (ICLVR) said it received information about suspicious activity during the 1970s at a grave in Annyalla cemetery.

“Both the timeframe and the location coincide with the disappearance of Joe Lynskey in 1972,” an ICLVR statement said.

Joe Lynskey was abducted and murdered by the IRA in 1972.