Gardaí have named the two young cousins whose bodies were recovered from Hollywood Lake, Scotstown, Co Monaghan today after an apparent ice-skating accident.
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Louise McAloon, 12, from Hollywood, and Veronica McAloon, 10, from Aghabog, were found in around ten feet of water today. The girls set out yesterday to go skating on the lake, just 50 yards from Louise's home.
Louise had two other sisters, Lena, 16 and Siobhan, 14.
Veronica, a pupil at St Mary's National School, was one of five children.
The two girls are to be buried together.
A Coast Guard helicopter with heat-seeking equipment based at Dublin Airport joined the search of the area around Hollywood Lake near Scotstown.
A Garda spokesman said it appeared the girls had fallen through ice.