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Man's body recovered from River Shannon

The body of a 21-year-old man has been recovered from the River Shannon at Carrick-on-Shannon.

It is understood the man had gone swimming in the area yesterday afternoon and got into difficulties.

A search was carried out by the local sub-aqua club and local civil defence unit yesterday.

The Garda sub-aqua unit found the man’s body this afternoon.

It has been removed to Sligo General Hospital where a post mortem is expected to be carried out tomorrow.