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  A coroner has called for the establishment of a database of unidentified human remains found in the State, to help assist identify body parts and return remains to their loved ones. Galway West Coroner, Dr Ciarán MacLoughlin, said this database should be shared across all Garda stations and coroners’ offices in the Republic. There is currently no official record of how many unidentified bodies or remains are stored in hospital mortuaries or buried in graves. Dr MacLoughlin was speaking at the inquest this week into the death of Denis Walsh jnr, whose family was informed last Februa...

Database of unidentified human remains should be set up for families of missing people, coroner says Currently there is no official record of how many unidentified bodies or remains are stored in hospital mortuaries or laying in graves Coroner Dr Ciaran MacLoughlin (Image: Niall Carson/PA Wire) Get the latest news from across Ireland straight to your inbox every single dayInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice...