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GARDAI in Ennistymon were last night trying to identify the body of a man that was recovered from the sea in the north of the county on Bank Holiday Monday.
The man’s body was spotted in the water between Hags Head and the Cliffs of Moher at around 10am.
The man is believed to be in his late 30s but gardai were still unsure of his identity last night.
It is thought, however, that the vic- tim may be from Dublin but gardai could not confirm this at the time of going to press.
An initial search of the area was carried by rangers based at the Cliffs of Moher yesterday morning after a motorcycle was discovered in the car park at the tourist attraction.
It 1s understood that the vehicle was also seen there late on Sunday evening and suspicions were aroused when it was still at the same location
yesterday as staff arrived for work.
Several rangers carried out a search of the area and later saw a body in the water about three kilometres south of the public viewing platform at the cliffs.
The discovery was immediately reported to gardai and the Doolin unit of the Irish Coastguard was also contacted. Coastguard volunteers launched two boats shortly after llam and rushed to the scene where they recovered the man’s body.
Shortly after Ipm, the body was taken from the water and removed to the pier at Doolin where a local doc- tor pronounced the victim dead. His remains were later transported to the Mid Western Regional Hospital in Limerick where a post-mortem ex- amination is expected to be carried today (Tuesday).
Gardai at Ennistymon say foul play is not suspected. An investigation of the incident will be carried out and a file will be prepared for a coroner’s
inquest which will be held at a later CF Kee
A Garda spokesman said, “The body was recovered around lunch- time and taken to Doolin Pier.
‘‘A post mortem will take place and we will prepare a file for the county coroner who will hold an inquest in due course.
We know that he is in his late 30s and he may be from Dublin. We still have to confirm this,” the spokesman added.