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SEARCHERS HAVE RECOVERED a body during an operation to find a teenage swimmer who went missing earlier this evening in Co Meath.
The male youth was reported missing after 6pm in the Laytown area according to gardaí.
“At approximately 6:15pm emergency services received report of a male in difficulty in the water and a search operation was launched,” a Garda spokesperson said.
“The body of a male was removed from the water by the coastguard, this evening. He was pronounced deceased at the scene and his body has been taken to Navan Hospital where a post mortem will take place.”
Gardaí also appealed that any footage and imagery of the incident are not shared by media.
Gardaí and emergency services – including the Irish Coast Guard Rescue 116 helicopter and Drogheda Coast Guard – carried out the search operation.
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