Investigators searching for the so-called Disappeared say it may be some time before they find any human remains at a site in Co Meath.

A new dig began yesterday after new information directed those investigating the disappearance of Joe Lynskey to a bogland in Coghalstown.

Mr Lynskey went missing from west Belfast in 1972 - the IRA says they killed and buried him in an unmarked grave.

Head of the investigation team for the Commission for the Location of Victims Remains is Geoff Knupfer: