Body of missing teacher identified

Gardaí have confirmed the body recovered from a car in Connemara on Sunday is that of school teacher Rosanne Kenny.

Gardaí have confirmed the body recovered from a car in Connemara on Sunday is that of school teacher Rosanne Kenny.

Ms Kenny (42) disappeared on New Year's Eve when she left a hotel in Connemara to go for a drive. The Dublin schoolteacher was on holidays with her husband and brother in Co Galway.

Her body was recovered in the harbour of Rossaveal and taken to University College Hospital, Galway, for identification.

Ms Kenny's removal takes place on Friday at 5pm, and she will be buried in Shanganagh Cemetery on Saturday after 10am Mass.

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