Two bodies of men recovered from Killybegs harbour

Two bodies were recovered from Killybegs harbour yesterday afternoon, one of a 50-year-old fisherman and another of an elderly…

Two bodies were recovered from Killybegs harbour yesterday afternoon, one of a 50-year-old fisherman and another of an elderly man who went missing from a local hospital.

The first body taken from the water near the Garda station was that of Michael McIntyre (50), from Malinbeg, Glencolmcille, who was last seen on Wednesday.

Gardaí said they were looking for another person at the time.

The search continued for Paddy Keeney (87), who went missing from Killybegs Community Hospital shortly before noon. His body was recovered by divers shortly after 4.30pm.

Both bodies were taken to Letterkenny General Hospital for postmortems.

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