Sea search for missing youth scaled down

A scaled-down sea search for a missing 17-year-old off the coast of Donegal went ahead yesterday in poor weather conditions.

A scaled-down sea search for a missing 17-year-old off the coast of Donegal went ahead yesterday in poor weather conditions.

One member of the Lough Swilly Coastguard was put to sea in a bid to locate missing Seán McNair. Other searches covered the shoreline. The Derry teenager went missing in the early hours of Saturday after going swimming with friends off Rathmullan Pier.

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