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Michael 'Tony' Lynch.

Human remains found in car recovered from lake during search for man missing for 18 years

Michael ‘Tony’ Lynch went missing from his home in Co Monaghan on 6 January 2002.

HUMAN REMAINS HAVE been found in a car recovered from Lough Erne in Fermanagh earlier this week. 

The car was found underwater by police divers on Monday and is believed to belong to Michael ‘Tony’ Lynch who has been missing for 18 years. 

The 55-year-old went missing from his home in Clones, Co Monaghan on 6 January 2002.

The PSNI today confirmed the discovery of human remains after the car was recovered. 

The Police Service in Northern Ireland (PSNI) said it is liaising with An Gardaí Síochána who are investigating Micheal’s disappearance.  

Michael’s last known sighting was at Fermanagh Street, Clones, County Monaghan at around 6pm that day. 

In January, on the 18th anniversary of his disappearance, investigating gardaí launched a renewed appeal for information, while a search of lakes and quarries in the Clones area were carried out in conjunction with Monaghan Civil Defence. 

On Monday this week, a search was carried out at Lough Erne in Fermanagh after locals alerted gardaí to what has been described as an “anomaly” in the water.

A joint-operation involving gardaí and the PSNI led to divers carrying out an underwater search of the lake. They discovered a car submerged in the water. 

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    Mar 9th 2023, 4:43 PM

    Why shouldn’t they know who is funding their NGO’s and media?

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    Mar 9th 2023, 5:19 PM

    @Brian Boru: except that they already do this by law and that information is publicly available in Georgia.

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    Mar 9th 2023, 5:29 PM

    @Rian Lynch: where did you see this?

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    Mar 9th 2023, 4:46 PM

    The violence and aggression shown by rioting pro-EU thugs is disturbing, and makes one wonder whether this really is all about democracy versus authoritarianism. In any case, Georgia is not in Europe.

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    Mar 9th 2023, 5:08 PM

    @Dick Barrett: It is in Europe – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Georgia_(country)?wprov=sfti1

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    Mar 10th 2023, 6:07 PM

    @Dick Barrett: Georgia is west of the Ural mountain range. It is therefore in Europe.

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    Mar 9th 2023, 9:22 PM

    Georgia is not an “authoritarian regime” as some are calling it but a Democracy . However , as the Georgians elected a government which the Neocons in Washington do not approve of , it is Regime Change Time . Incidentally , the proposed law which the fuss is allegedly about is modelled on America’s FARA Act . So what is good enough for the US is not good enough for Georgia !

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    Mar 9th 2023, 6:36 PM

    paid young people oui…

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