Uncle’s words of warning as teenager’s body found

The uncle of Limerick teenager Chloe Kinsella, whose body was recovered from the River Shannon yesterday, made an emotional appeal after the discovery.

“Young girls — please look after yourselves,” said Matthew Franklin. “Look what is after happening a young girl, as young as 15, a child gone. I urge you to just look after yourselves and I urge you to really live your life and just be happy.”

He was speaking at St Munchin’s Community Centre in Kileely to thank the hundreds of local people who helped in the search for Chloe who had been missing since last Saturday.