03/07/2014

Body Of Missing Diver Recovered Off Cork Coast

The body of a missing diver has been recovered from the sea off the Cork coast, following the death of another diver on Wednesday.

An emergency operation was launched after a 66-year-old diver was pulled unconscious from the water and a second diver, aged 61, was reported missing, during a charter party expedition.

The unconscious diver was taken to Cork University Hospital, where he died a short time later.

Local divers who joined the search operation recovered the second man's body later on Wednesday afternoon.

An investigation into the men's deaths is underway.

(MH/CD)

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