A man’s body has been recovered off the coast of Galway today after a search spanning three days for a missing sailor.
Units from the Cleggan and Costello Bay Coast Guard, Rescue 115 helicopter, and Clifden and Aran Islands RNLI stations have been searching for a man missing since Thursday evening.
The search has been underway since Thursday evening after reports of a yachtsman reported missing after swimming out to retrieve a dinghy.
The search has been focused on an areas around Oileán Mhic Dara off the coast of Carna.
Gardaà have said this afternoon that the body of a man in his 60s has been found off the coast today.
“Gardaà with the assistance of the R.N.L.I., The Coast Guard and R115 recovered a body of a man, this afternoon Saturday 8th June, 2024 off the coast of Carna, Co. Galway.
The body of the deceased, a male in his 60s, will be removed to University Hospital Galway where a post mortem examination will take place.
A file will be prepared for the Coroners Court.”
