The government of Ireland has donated a total of €30,000 to the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP), the committee said on Wednesday, with the donation bringing the total amount donated by Ireland to €530,000 since 2006. “The contribution will assist the committee’s goal to identify and return the remains of missing individuals to their families in 2026, helping to bring an end to the longstanding uncertainty endured by relatives for many years,” it said.

The CMP was first established in 1981 and became operational in 2006, setting out to locate and identify a total of 2,002 people who went…