15/12/2014

Naval Divers Recover Two Bodies For Cork City River

Naval Service divers have recovered the bodies of a man and a woman from the River Lee in Cork City.

A search of the river was carried out after a woman in her 20s and a man in his 40s were reported missing on 04 December.

Their deaths are not being treated as suspicious.

Post-mortems are due to be carried out today.

(MH/JP)

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