Galway Bay fm newsroom – The body of a young man discovered in the sea off Maree last evening is that of missing GTI student, Tiernán Archer.
The 19 year old was last seen outside Galway Technical Institute on Thursday morning, but did not attend class.
A major search operation got underway on Thursday evening, after it was reported that a person had been seen entering the water in the city.
A body was recovered shortly before 6 last evening by the RNLI lifeboat with assistance from the coastguard helicopter.
A post-mortem examination will be carried out in the coming days.
In a post on social media last evening, Tiernan’s brother Breffni thanked those who’d helped in the searches.
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