Miner's body will not be recovered for 'at least another day'

The body of a driver killed by a rockfall inside a mine will not be recovered for at least another day, it has emerged.

Miner's body will not be recovered for 'at least another day'

The body of a driver killed by a rockfall inside a mine will not be recovered for at least another day, it has emerged.

Father-of-two Mario Francis, who is from the Philippines, was buried in a loader he had been operating in a shaft of Lisheen Mine in Co Tipperary on Thursday evening.

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