Man (20s) drowns in Killarney river
The accident at the rear of houses and a soccer pitch in the Woodlawn area of the town occurred around 3.30pm on Tuesday.
The man is from the east Killarney area and the alarm was raised by a friend. Paramedics, the fire service and a doctor attended the scene.
A postmortem is due to take place.
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