Body found in Wicklow Mountains

Rescue teams searching in the Wicklow mountains for a 74-year-old Dublin man have recovered the body of a man about a mile from…

Rescue teams searching in the Wicklow mountains for a 74-year-old Dublin man have recovered the body of a man about a mile from the route of the Wicklow Way.

Members of the Glen of Immal Rescue Team are understood to have found the body.

A search was launched this morning when a 74-year-old man, described as an experienced hill-walker, was reported missing at midnight.

He had gone for a walk in the Aughavannagh area, near the Glen of Imaal.