Longford man's body recovered from river

Gardaí investigating the disappearance of a 52-year-old Longford man have recovered his body from the Inny river, near Ballymahon in Longford.

Seamus Delaney, from Barnacor, Ballymahon, was last seen at his home  on the morning of April 6th.

His body was recovered from the river by gardaí, with the assistance of a local sub-aqua unit, at around 8pm last night.

The body was removed to Mullingar General Hospital, where a postmortem examination will be carried out later this morning, a Garda spokesman said.

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