Gardaí said Wednesday they were treating the death of a young teenage girl in Co Limerick as a “personal tragedy”.
The girl, aged 13, from south county Limerick, was the subject of a Garda search operation on Tuesday evening.
Her body was recovered in the Kilmallock area.
Gardaí have ruled out foul play in the girl’s death.
A garda spokeswoman said: “The death of a 13-year-old girl whose body was recovered in the course of a search operation in Co Limerick on yesterday evening, Tuesday, January 31st, 2023 is being treated as a personal tragedy.”
The spokeswoman said a Garda file “will be sent to the Coroner” for an inquest following a postmortem.
Locals expressed their shock, and they offered sympathies to the girl’s family.
