Missing man was married less than a year

THE man who fell into the River Suir in Cahir on Saturday night had been married for less than a year, it emerged last night.

Gardaí, civil defence volunteers and members of the public continued their search of the Suir yesterday but found no trace of Michael Whelan, a local man in his 40s.

Mr Whelan was originally from a farming background in the Ballylooby area some miles from Cahir. The son of William and Mary Whelan, he had recently moved to a bungalow outside the town of Cahir with his wife.