Body of fisherman found on mudbank as friends rescued

An oyster fisherman who drowned in Clare yesterday was due to see his youngest child christened later in the day.

The body of Bernard Mahoney, 39, from Moveen, Kilkee, was spotted on the a mudbank as the tide receded following an eight-hour multi-agency search.

The father-of-three had been oyster farming at Poulnasherry Bay near Moyasta with three other men.