Body found in search for tragic missing swimmer in Galway after ten-day search
The 32-year old went missing after going for a swim at Silverstrand near Barna in Galway on November 12
Rescue crews searching for a swimmer missing in Galway for over a week have discovered a body on the shoreline a couple of hundred metres away from where she went missing.
The search for Máire Ní Fhátharta from Spiddal is one of the largest undertaken in the area and it was just about to be stood down ahead of a Status Red weather alert when the body was discovered.
The 32-year old went missing after going for a swim at Silverstrand near Barna in Galway last Tuesday week, November 12.
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The body of another swimmer, 74-year old songwriter Johnny Duhan, was found in the water at Rusheen Bay a few hours after he was reported missing after going for his daily swim at Silverstrand the same morning.
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