Coroner says 25 years it took to identify remains of Denis Walsh 'compounded' family's trauma
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 coronersâ 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...
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