A body was discovered on Monday in the Comeragh Mountains in Co Waterford where a search operation aiming to locate a missing woman was taking place, gardaà have confirmed.
The woman, named locally as Gillian Ryan (37), had been due to return from a run in the mountains at around 2pm on Sunday, but emergency services were alerted at 3pm when her husband did not hear from her.
An experienced runner who lived in the Thurles area of Co Tipperary, Ms Ryan had been running on a loop trail around Coumshingaun lake, a popular but steep trail for mountain runners and hill walkers.