Body Found In Search For Missing Galway Fisherman

24th November 2017

Tragedy has truck Oranmore Bay in Galway with the discovery of a body on its shores Credit: Andrew Wood/Wikimedia

#Missing - Emergency responders recovered a body a last night (Thursday 23 November) in the search for a missing fisherman off Galway.

The body was found on the shore in Oranmore Bay, some five nautical miles east of where a fishing boat was discovered adrift yesterday hours into the search.

As previously reported on Afloat.ie, the major air and sea operation was launched after a fisherman was reported missing on Wednesday night.

RTÉ News says the body found last night was brought to University Hospital Galway for a post-mortem examination and identification.

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