Postmortem to be carried out on body of teenager who drowned off Arranmore

An 18 year-old man has drowned off Arranmore island.

The teenager was swimming with his friend when he got into difficulty along the pier.

Gardai say he was taken out to sea due to a big swell.

An RNLI boat went out to take him to shore, he received medical treatment at the scene but couldn’t be revived.

His body has since been taken to Letterkenny University Hospital, where a postmortem will be carried out.