The body of an elderly woman was recovered from a river in west Roscommon this morning.
Gardaí and emergency services were alerted shortly after 3:30am, after reports that a woman in her 70s had entered the water at the Demesne in Castlerea.
Her body was later recovered and taken to the mortuary at University Hospital Galway.
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The coroner and the Office of the State Pathologist have been notified.
A post-mortem examination has been arranged and the results will determine the course of the Garda investigation.
The scene is preserved.
