GARDAÍ are continuing with their efforts to identify the body recovered from the sea off Loop Head almost two weeks ago.
Kilrush Garda Superintendent Martin McGonnell told The Clare Champion after the body had been recovered that an examination would be carrried out at the forensic laboratory in an effort to make a positive identification.
A person who is involved with the Kilrush RNLI was fishing off the coast on Friday, June 12 when he saw the body and made a call to the lifeboat station. The body was recovered at about 11.15am. Kilrush lifeboat received support from the local gardaí and the Kilkee Coastguard Unit during the recovery.
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.