Body recovered off Clare coast

A body has been recovered from the sea off Loop Head in Co Clare.

The alarm was raised shortly before 10am today when the crew of a fishing boat reported seeing a body in the water about a kilometre from the shore.

The RNLI lifeboat based at Kilrush responded to the alarm and quickly recovered the remains from the water.

The body was recovered and taken to the RNLI station at Kilrush from where it will be transported to University Hospital Limerick for a post mortem examination.

The body, which has not been identified, is understood to have been in the water for some time.

Gardaí at Kilrush are investigating the discovery.