Three-week search for missing man ends as body found in river

THE traumatic three-week search for a missing Cork man ended yesterday when the River Lee gave up the body of Joe Mullally.

For the past 21 days, an army of volunteers, the Garda sub-aqua unit and the Navy have combed the shores of the Lee for the missing student.

However, at 9.05am yesterday the search ended in tragedy when Mr Mullally’s body was found by three of his friends patrolling the shoreline at the mouth of the Glashaboy tributary at Tivoli.