Hundreds of people have attended the funeral in Crossmaglen of Gerry Evans, one of the “Disappeared”.

Mr Evans’ remains were found seven weeks ago in County Louth, 31 years after he went missing.

He was 24 years old when he was last seen, hitch-hiking in Castleblayney, County Monaghan. It is thought he was kidnapped and murdered by the IRA.

Cardinal Sean Brady told the requiem mass that Mr Evans had been “brutally taken away”.

He said there was great anger that people had taken it upon themselves “to play God” – acting as Mr Evans’ “judge, jury, executioner and undertaker”.

Members of Mr Evans’ family carried his coffin to St Patrick’s Church on Saturday as his mother walked behind.

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Human remains have been found during the search for one of the “Disappeared”, Peter Wilson.

The Independent Commission for the Location of Victims Remains confirmed that the remains were found at a site in Waterfoot, County Antrim.

A spokesperson said the recovery was ongoing and the formal identification process would take some time.

Peter Wilson was 21 when he went missing from his home in the Falls Road area of west Belfast in 1973.

He is believed to have been abducted and murdered by the IRA.

The commission has overseen the discovery of seven bodies and numerous searches since it was set up in 1999 to locate those murdered and buried in secret graves by republican paramilitaries during the troubles.

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The organisation responsible for finding the remains of the “disappeared” has announced details of a search for a man believed murdered and secretly buried by the IRA in 1973.

Peter Wilson was 21 when he went missing from his home in the Falls Road area of west Belfast.

Archaeologists and other experts are now examining a beach at Waterfoot in the Glens of Antrim.

It is the first time such a search has been undertaken in NI.

The investigation by the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims Remains (ICLVR) was launched following a tip-off.

The commission’s senior investigator Geoff Knupfer said the launch of the search at Red Bay beach on Tuesday was “a great step forward” for the family.

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Human remains believed to be those of one of the disappeared, Gerry Evans, have been taken to Dublin for formal identification.

The Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains (ICLVR) said the remains were found in Carrickrobin in County Louth on Friday.

The Crossmaglen man was last seen in 1979 in Castleblayney, County Monaghan.

The 24-year-old was believed to have been kidnapped and murdered by the IRA.

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The Commission for the Location of Victims Remains (ICLVR) has confirmed it is calling off a search for a man missing since 1979.

It has spent 18 months looking for the body of Gerry Evans who was last seen in Castleblayney in County Monaghan.

The search has been focused on Carrickrobin in County Louth.

Geoff Knupfer from the ICLVR said he was certain the site had been searched thoroughly and that if the remains were there, they would have been found.

The lengthy duration of the search was partly caused by flooding at the site, which meant that drainage equipment two and a half miles long had to be installed.

Mr Knupfer said that his thoughts were with Mr Evans’ family.

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