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Body recovered off coast of Wexford

Waterford Regional Hospital - Post mortem examination will be carried out
Waterford Regional Hospital - Post mortem examination will be carried out

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

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.