Search to begin for remains of Capt Robert Nairac, murdered by IRA in 1977

British army officer kidnapped, then killed and secretly buried, while on undercover operation during Troubles

A search is to begin for the remains of a British army captain and undercover officer who was kidnapped, murdered and secretly buried by the IRA in 1977.

Capt Robert Nairac was kidnapped by the IRA while on an undercover operation in The Three Steps pub in Dromintee in south Armagh close to the border. After a struggle he was taken across the border to a field in Ravensdale woods area in north Louth where he was beaten up and questioned before being murdered.