INVESTIGATORS say a review of information has led them to clear an area of woodland in Co Meath in the search for one of the Disappeared, Joe Lynskey.
Mr Lynskey, a former Cistercian Monk, was abducted and murdered by the IRA in 1972, after he ordered the unsanctioned shooting of a fellow republican.
Dolours Price who died in 2013, told the Irish News that she had been ordered to drive Mr Lynskey across the border to Monaghan and hand him over to a local unit of the IRA.
Ms Price said she begged the IRA man to allow her to take him to the port so he could escape but he refused.
His name did not originally appear on the list of Disappeared victims.
However following a report in The Irish News in 2009 the IRA released a statement admitting they had carried out the killing and said the would cooperate with the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims Remains (ICLVR) to try and locate his remains
Along with Columba McVeigh and British army captain Robert Nairac he is one of the three people of the 16 so called 'Disappeared' who have yet to be recovered.
It is hoped the search of land in Oristown, close to where the remains of Brendan Megraw were discovered in 2014, will begin later this week.
An extensive search had been carried out for Mr Lynskey in nearby Coghalstown in 2015. During that search remains were discovered, however, they were found to be those of Seamus Wright and Kevin McKee,
Lead investigator for the ICLVR, Geoff Knupfer, said; "As we do after every unsuccessful search we go back and review all the information that we have pulled together to see if there are other lines of inquiry to be pursued.
"That's what we've done in this case and as a result we are going to look at quite a small area of woodland at Oristown near where we found Brendan Megraw in 2014.
"We will start as soon as the land is cleared of trees and our contractors and forensic archaeologists can get to work.
"We anticipate that this will not be a long search either way."
Mr Knupfer also appealed for information on all the remaining cases.
Anyone with information on the remaining cases can pass it on confidentially on 0800 - 55585500 or call Dublin 00353 1 602 8655; by e-mail at secretary@iclvr.ie or in writing at the Confidential Post Box ICLVR, PO BOX 10827, Dublin 2.
