Body found in Lahinch thought to be missing 19-year-old

THE body of a male, believed to be the 19-year-old Dublin youth missing since early yesterday morning at Lahinch, was recovered last night at the north Clare seaside resort.

Shortly after 7.30pm last night, during the course of an extensive shoreline search, local volunteers discovered the body in a rocky area at the southern end of Lahinch beach, in close proximity to where the man is believed to have entered the water yesterday. Gardaí were waiting last night for the man to be formally identified.

According to a Garda spokesman, the 19-year-old from Clontarf went for a swim at low-tide at about 4.10am yesterday after a night out in Lahinch.