Bodies of father and son recovered from lough in Donegal

A man and a teenager have died during a family day out in Co Donegal.

Understood to be father and son, they were at Lough Keel in Kilmacrennan on Thursday when they got into difficulty.

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Gardai attended the scene

Gardai in Milford said they recovered two bodies on Thursday evening.

Gardai, helped by members of the Rescue 118 helicopter, the Mulroy coastguard and Sheephaven sub-aqua unit, were called to a search operation on Lough Keel shortly after 3pm.

One teenage boy was rescued from the Lough and taken to Letterkenny University Hospital where he is receiving treatment.

The bodies of a man aged in his 40s and one teenager were recovered from the Lough and taken to Letterkenny University Hospital where post-mortem examinations are expected to take place on Friday.

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