A body has been recovered from the water in Bunratty on the third day of searches for a local man missing in the area.
The discovery was made in the Guiney River shortly after 11 o'clock this morning.
A large-scale search operation was launched in Bunratty on Saturday evening after concerns were raised for the well-being of the man, who was from the locality and in his fifties.
Hundreds of people were involved in searches of the area over the past number of days including Gardaí, Bunratty Search and Rescue, the Doolin and Kilkee units of the Irish Coastguard, Clare Civil Defence, the Land Search Team from Limerick and local volunteers.
This morning during the course of the operation, the body of a man was recovered from the Guiney River at the Old Stages of Quay Island around twenty past 11.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene by a doctor and is being removed to University Hospital Limerick for a post-mortem examination later this afternoon.
Gardaí say efforts are now being made to formally identify the man and that his death is being treated as a tragic accident.
The search for the missing man has now been stood down.
