Body recovered in Galway Bay

The body of a 39-year-old man who has been missing since the end of May was found at the weekend in Galway Bay.

The body of a 39-year-old man who has been missing since the end of May was found at the weekend in Galway Bay.

Walkers on Mutton Island discovered the body at 6 a.m. on Saturday morning and called the lifeboat service.

A lifeboat took the body to University College Hospital, Galway, for post-mortem.

A Garda spokeswoman said there was nothing suspicious about the death.

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