The remains of Seamus Ruddy, who was abducted and murdered by the INLA in 1985 and secretly buried in northern France, are to be brought back to Ireland.
The remains were discovered during a search undertaken by the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims Remains in a remote forest at Pont-de-l'Arche last month.
They will be released to his family for burial after the Dublin coroner has fulfilled her legal obligations.
DNA profiling by French investigators confirmed the remains belonged to the teacher, 32, from Co Down after they were discovered in early May.
The ICLVR was set up during the peace process by the British and Irish governments to recover the bodies of those murdered and secretly buried, mainly by the IRA, in the 1970s and 1980s.
There had been three previous searches in the forest area for Mr Ruddy, the most recent by the ICLVR in 2008.
The Disappeared
Sixteen people have been acknowledged as Disappeared victims of the Northern Ireland Troubles.
All were abducted, murdered and buried secretly by republican paramilitaries during the conflict.
- Eugene Simons, from Castlewellan, Co Down, disappeared in 1981. His body was recovered in May 1984 (prior to establishment of commission) in a bog in Dundalk, Co Louth.
- Eamonn Molloy, from north Belfast, disappeared in 1975. His body was recovered in May 1999 in a coffin left at the Old Faughart Cemetery outside Dandily, Co Louth.
- John McClory, from west Belfast, disappeared in 1978. His body was recovered in June 1999 in bogland at Colgagh, Inniskeen, Co Monaghan.
- Brian McKinney, from west Belfast, disappeared in 1978. His body was recovered in June 1999 in the same grave as Mr McClory at Inniskeen.
- Jean McConville, a widowed mother of 10 from west Belfast, disappeared in 1972. Her body was found in August 2003 at Shelling Beach, Co Louth, by a member of the public walking in the aftermath of a storm that had exposed her remains.
- Danny McIlhone, from west Belfast, disappeared in 1981. His body was recovered in November 2008 in bogland at Blessingtown, Co Wicklow.
- Charlie Armstrong, from south Armagh, disappeared in 1981. His body was recovered in July 2010 in bogland at Colgagh, Iniskeen, Co Monaghan.
- Gerry Evans, from south Armagh, disappeared in 1979. His body was recovered in October 2010 at Carrickrobin, Co Louth.
- Peter Wilson disappeared in 1973. His body was recovered in November 2010 buried at a beach at Waterfoot, Co Antrim.
- Brendan Megraw, from west Belfast, disappeared in 1978. His body was recovered in October 2014 in bogland at Oristown, Co Navan.
- Kevin McKee, from west Belfast, disappeared in 1972. His body was recovered in June 2015 from reclaimed bogland at a farm near Coghalstown, Co Meath.
- Seamus Wright, from west Belfast, disappeared in 1972. His body was recovered in June 2015 in the same grave as Mr McKee at Coghalstown, Co Meath.
- Seamus Ruddy, a teacher from Newry, Co Down, was abducted from Paris, murdered and secretly buried by republican paramilitary group the INLA in 1985. His remains were discovered in a forest at Pont-de-l'Arche near Rouen in northern France.
Those yet to be found:
- Joe Lynskey, from west Belfast, disappeared in 1972. Searches have been carried out in the same area where Mr McKee and Mr Wright were found.
- Columba McVeigh, from Donaghmore, Co Tyrone, disappeared in 1975. Searches have been conducted at Emyvale Forest, Co Monaghan.
- British Army Captain Robert Nairac disappeared in 1977 from a south Armagh pub.
