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Body found on Mayo mountain

  A body has been found following a search for a missing hillwalker in county Mayo. The alar...
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19.41 2 Nov 2013


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Body found on Mayo mountain

Body found on Mayo mountain

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A body has been found following a search for a missing hillwalker in county Mayo.

The alarm was raised on Wednesday when the man -who is believed to be in his late 30's-failed to return home from a walking expedition on the Mweelrea Mountain, near Louisburgh.

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Searches -involving the Mayo Mountain Rescue along with the Coastguard helicopter -have been carried out over the past number of days.

A body was recovered by rescuers earlier this evening and has been taken to Mayo General hospital where a post mortem examination will take place.

 

 

 

 


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