Missing Persons - Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains

The Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains was jointly established in 1999 by the Irish and British Governments. The purpose of the Commission is to obtain information, in confidence, which may lead to the location of the remains of victims of paramilitary violence (known as ‘The Disappeared’) who were murdered and buried in secret arising from the conflict in Northern Ireland, commonly referred to as ‘the Troubles’.

In order to recover the remains of those victims still missing, the Commission depends on the provision of information by the public. If you have any information which may lead to the location of the remains of any of the Disappeared, please contact the Commission with the assurance that your information will be received in the strictest confidence.

All information received is also legally privileged which means it cannot be passed on to other state agencies, other bodies, or used in a court of law. Information can only be used to attempt to locate the remains of the Disappeared.

At the time of publication of this information guide, the remains of 13 of the 17 Disappeared have been recovered and 4 people remain to be located: Joseph Lynskey, Columba McVeigh, Robert Nairac and Seamus Maguire.

If you wish to contact the Commission to provide information on any of the Disappeared, you can:

• Email Secretary@iclvr.ie
• Send information by post to: ICLVR, PO Box 10827, Dublin 2
• Leave a confidential voice message on a free-phone number: In Britain and Ireland dial 00800-55585500, outside of Britain and Ireland dial 00353 1 602 8655.