The bodies of two people have been recovered from Mayo’s river Moy during the search for a third person – a 19-year-old man who has been missing for 10 days.
The body of a woman was found in the Moy in the town of Foxford this morning, less than 24 hours after the recovery of the body of a 59-year-old man from the river in Ballina yesterday.
The man, who has been named as Tommie Helley from the town, had been assisting in the search for 19-year-old David Higgins, last seen when he fell from a bridge over the river on March 13th.
The woman whose body surfaced this morning in Foxford has not been named, but she is believed to be that of a Roscommon native who has been missing for three weeks.
Naval Service divers are still assisting in the search for David Higgins. Mayor of Ballina Cllr Frances McAndrew says that the town is “shattered” by the turn of events.
