Body recovered off coast of Wexford

Updated: 17:52, Tuesday, 7 September 2010

The Coast Guard has recovered the body of a man off the south coast of Wexford.

1 of 1 Waterford Regional Hospital Post mortem examination will be carried out
Waterford Regional Hospital
Post mortem examination will be carried out

The discovery was made near Cullenstown following a search for a missing fisherman.

The man's body has been brought to Waterford Regional Hospital where a post mortem examination will be carried out.

The fisherman was reported missing overnight when he failed to return.

His boat was found upturned in the water nearly a mile from where the body was recovered.

He had been wearing a lifejacket.

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