Body of missing U-boat wreck diver recovered

THE body of a deep sea diver, reported missing on Tuesday evening, was recovered off the coast of Malin Head, Co Donegal, yesterday morning.

The name of the dead man was officially confirmed as Michael Hanrahan, 45, a father of four from Dublin, who died after getting into difficulties during a dive to examine the wreck of a German U-boat.

Mr Hanrahan worked with a contract painting firm and drove a taxi part-time, lived with his wife, Myra, and their four children, Stephen, Ian, Orlaigh and Aine at Glendohar Park in Rathfarnham.