Body of woman recovered off Bere Island after she went picking periwinkles

A woman’s body was recovered from the sea off Cork’s Bere Island last night just hours after she went missing while picking periwinkles.

The woman, who was named locally as Kay Mullins, single, in her 40s and a resident on the island, was pronounced dead on the pier in Castletownbere just after 5.30pm.

Gardaí have launched an investigation but it is understood that there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death.