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Kieran Megraw, brother of one of the disappeared, Brendan Megraw
Kieran Megraw, brother of one of the disappeared, Brendan Megraw, with the new book The Disappeared Of Northern Ireland's Troubles. Photograph: Paul Faith/PA
Kieran Megraw, brother of one of the disappeared, Brendan Megraw, with the new book The Disappeared Of Northern Ireland's Troubles. Photograph: Paul Faith/PA

Liam Neeson heads fresh call to find 'disappeared' of Northern Ireland

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James Nesbitt joins fellow actor and families of those who vanished at hands of IRA and others in plea for information

Holywood star Liam Neeson and his fellow Northern Irish actor James Nesbitt have issued an appeal for the IRA and other republican organisations to give fresh information on the "disappeared" of the Troubles.

The actors backed demands from the victims' families for further information leading to the recovery of their loved ones' remains.

Seventeen people were murdered and buried in secret, mainly by the Provisional IRA, during the Troubles. Ten bodies have been recovered but a further seven have never been found.

The missing, presumed dead, include west Belfast IRA men Joe Lynskey and Brendan Megraw, as well as Captain Robert Nairac of the SAS. All three were killed by the IRA.

The Irish National Liberation Army disappeared one of its members, Seamus Ruddy, whose body has never been found after he was kidnapped in Paris.

A day of reflection is being held to commemorate the disappeared on Friday, the longest day of the year.

The Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains was set up after the 1998 Good Friday agreement to get confidential information that might lead to the location of those never found .

The statement from Neeson and Nesbitt was issued to coincide with the launch of a new book, The Disappeared Of Northern Ireland's Troubles, which collates the stories of 14 of the families.

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