Body found in Galway identified as that of missing student

The body found in Galway’s docks today has been identified as that of 19 year-old student Donnacha Dalton from Dunboyne in Co…

The body found in Galway’s docks today has been identified as that of 19 year-old student Donnacha Dalton from Dunboyne in Co Meath, who went missing in the city earlier this month.

Mr Dalton’s body was found at 1.40 p.m. by a passer by.

The body was taken to University College Hospital in Galway where a postmortem is due to be carried out.

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Pádraig Collins

Pádraig Collins

Pádraig Collins a contributor to The Irish Times based in Sydney