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Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains begins searching farmland in County Louth for the remains of Captain Robert Nairac

The Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains begins searching farmland in County Louth for the remains of Captain Robert Nairac, a British soldier shot by the Provisional IRA while working undercover in Northern Ireland in 1977.

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NewsIndependent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains begins searching farmland in County Louth for the remains of Captain Robert Nairac

The Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains begins searching farmland in County Louth for the remains of Captain Robert Nairac, a British soldier shot by the Provisional IRA while working undercover in Northern Ireland in 1977.

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