Body found in Wicklow confirmed as missing walker

The Dublin Wicklow Mountain Rescue Team has confirmed that the body of a man discovered in the Wicklow mountains this afternoon is that of a missing hill-walker.

The Dublin Wicklow Mountain Rescue Team has confirmed that the body of a man discovered in the Wicklow mountains this afternoon is that of a missing hill-walker.

The man, 71-year-old Walter Hammond from Blessington in Co Wicklow, had been missing since Thursday.

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