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Search Resumes for Missing Kayaker in Donegal After Empty Kayak Found

5th October 2024
File image of Inishmeane as seen from Magheragallon Cemetery in Gweedore, Co Donegal
The missing kayaker was last seen by locals in the waters between Inishmeane and Gweedore Credit: Joseph Mischyshyn/Wikimedia

The search resumed on Saturday morning (5 October) for a kayaker reported missing off Donegal.

According to RTÉ News, a kayak was found some 5km north of Tory Island on Friday.

This development came 24 hours after the man was last seen by locals paddling between the mainland and Inishmeane, shortly after he’d set off from Gweedore.

RTÉ News has more on the story HERE.

Published in Kayaking, News Update
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