Divers have recovered the body of the Canadian technical diver who went missing off Donegal’s north coast on Saturday afternoon (12 August).
It was located during underwater searches late on Monday about 20 miles off Fanad Head, and brought ashore at Downings for formal identification.
The diver, who was in his 60s and from Ottawa, was part of a group that had been exploring the 65m-deep wreck of the WW2 convoy rescue ship Pinto from a charter-boat.
Helicopter and boat searches co-ordinated by the Coast Guard from Belfast had continued into Monday until it was concluded that the man would not be found at the surface.
The diver had last been seen on an 18m decompression stage by other members of his group, according to the Irish Coast Guard. His relatives have been informed.
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