Second body pulled from water in County Clare this Saturday

THE BODY of a man believed to have fallen in to the river in Newmarket On Fergus last night has been located this afternoon.

The news comes after the body of man missing for the past 16 days was taken from the water today in Ennis at 1.30pm.

The body of the second man was located shortly after 2pm in a river that flows through the village. Further details of the circumstances of his death are as yet unknown

The body was recovered from the water shortly after 2.00pm and removed to the mortuary at University Hospital Limerick where a post-mortem will be carried out later.

A Garda spokesman confirmed: “A body was removed from the water at Newmarket on Fergus in Co. Clare earlier today.”