The body of a woman in her 30s, who was kayaking on Sunday afternoon, has been recovered from the River Roughty after a drowning incident near Kilgarvan in Co Kerry.
A popular destination for kayakers, a group from Cork had been kayaking between the Loop Bridge and Kilgarvan village when the alarm was raised at around midday.
Searchers found the woman’s body two hours later submerged in the river some 2km from Kilgarvan village.
The woman’s body has been taken to University Hospital Kerry.
Gardaí confirmed an investigation is underway.
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