Body of man recovered off Clare coast

Updated: 17:06, Monday, 17 May 2010

The body of a 29-year-old man has been recovered from the sea in Co Clare.

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A search was launched yesterday afternoon when the Coast Guard was informed of the incident at 3.30pm.

He had been fishing when he was swept into the sea at the Bridges of Ross, around 5km northeast of Loop Head.

The search resumed this morning, and divers from the Kilkee Sub Aqua Club found his body close to the area he fell into the water.


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