Two families have been given closure after a new DNA profiling system has identified the remains of two previously unidentified bodies.
According to RTÉ News, the two sets of remains were identified following a new DNA extraction procedure carried by Forensic Science Ireland.
RTÉ News say both the remains of Margaret Glennon and James Gallagher have been identified by forensic scientists.
Ms Glennon (59) from Baldoyle who went missing in May 1995 was identified after testing on remains found in Swords back in 2014 proved to be a match with her family’s DNA profile.
Meanwhile Mr Gallagher (18) who went missing in February 1999 was also identified after DNA profiling on remains found in Dublin in 2002 proved to be match to his family’s DNA profile.
The latest identifications come just over a week after the remains of missing Limerick man Aengus (Gussie) Shanahan, were identified using the same procedure.
Mr Shanahan who’s reanins were found near the River Shannon in Bunratty, went missing in February 2000.