Body recovered at Lough Mask in search for missing boy

The body of a missing five-year-old boy has been recovered from Lough Mask.

The boy is from the local area and is understood to have fallen from a dinghy that may have drifted from the shoreline yesterday evening.

The alarm was raised at 6.30pm yesterday when the small craft was spotted in the water.

Gardaí and the Irish Coast Guard were involved in the search for the boy.

Around 8 a.m. the boy's body was found in a section of water about 4km south of Tourmakeady.

The local community is devastated by the tragedy.