Jon Hill, lead investigator of the ICLVR, said it was "cruel" for the Lynskey family to hear this.

Human remains exhumed from a grave in County Monaghan four months ago are not those of Joe Lynskey.

The MoD is set to challenge an inquest ruling which said SAS soldiers were unjustified in opening fire and killing a gang of IRA men.

Colum Marks, 29, was shot dead by a police officer in Downpatrick in 1991.

It follows a major legacy investigation, Operation Newham, which examined 125 murders in the 1970s.

John McCaig, 17, his brother Joseph, 18, and Dougald McCaughey, 23, were murdered by the IRA 54 years ago.

Former IRA leader Brendan Hughes tells the BBC the conflict in NI was "a total waste" of more than 3,500 lives.

The IRA mortar attack on the RUC's Corry Square base in the town took place on 28 February 1985.