Body of missing man recovered in Co Kerry

The body of 48-year-old man who had been missing for ten days has been found in Co Kerry.

The body of 48-year-old man who had been missing for ten days has been found in Co Kerry.

The body was recovered close to Dinish Island in Kenmare Bay.

The man is understood to have taken a boat alone on July 31st.Police and Navy divers had joined search teams looking for the man after other sailors in the bay raised the alarm when the boat was seen drifting with no sign of the owner on board.

A police spokeswoman said a post mortem examination would now be carried out on the man's body.

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His name would not be released until the post mortem tests were complete, she added.