Gardaí have recovered the body of a man at a quarry close to Liscannor. It is expected that the body will be removed later this afternoon to the Mid Western Regional Hospital in Limerick where a post mortem examination will be carried out by the State Pathogolist Professor Marie Cassidy.
The body has not yet been formally identified.
The area remains sealed off to facilitate a forensic examination of the scene.
A native of Ennis, Colin McGann has been editor of The Clare Champion since August 2020. Former editor of The Clare People, he is a journalism and communications graduate of Dublin Institute of Technology.