Based on the information currently available to the Commission team, all survey and search work on the Carrickrobin site in County Louth for the remains of Gerard Evans is due to be completed in the next few days.

The Commission’s experts will have completed an 18 month long thorough and painstaking search of areas highlighted in information received.

Regrettably, to date, the remains of Gerard Evans have not been found.

Some site restoration work will continue in the coming weeks.

The Commission joins family members in appealing to anyone who has information on this case, or any of the ‘Disappeared’ cases, to contact the free phone line on 0080055585500 or write to the Commission at PO Box 10827, Dublin 2.

Any information received is entirely confidential and can only be used to locate victims. It cannot be passed to any other agency nor can it be used in a court of law.