Hypothermia may have killed man

GARDAÍ in Charleville believe a missing octogenarian probably died of hypothermia in his car after becoming disorientated and getting lost in a remote area on the Cork-Limerick border.

The body of 81-year-old Donal O’Connell was found in a laneway yesterday adjacent to a field at Corrough, between Newtownshandrum and Charleville.

Mr O’Connell, who was from Doona, Milford, Co Cork, was reported missing since the weekend.