Body found by team searching for missing angler

Search teams looking for a missing angler from Portadown, Co Armagh, have recovered a body.

Search teams looking for a missing angler from Portadown, Co Armagh, have recovered a body.

Father-of-three Daryl Burke, 30, was one of three friends on a fishing trip when their boat sank on Lough Ree, Co Westmeath, on March 20.

RNLI crews who have been scouring the lough since then said they found a body at around 2pm.

The remains have yet to be formally identified.

David Warnock, 27, from Richhill, Co Armagh, was pulled from the water on the day of the tragedy but later died.

Another friend, John Trimble, 60, from Markethill, Co Armagh was the sole survivor.

The three men were all members of the Portadown Pikers angling club.

They had been planning a fishing and camping trip on Lough Ree when the boat sank in poor weather conditions.

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