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Man's body recovered from sea off County Antrim coast Rathlin Island man's body recovered off Antrim coast
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The body of a man in his sixties has been recovered from the sea off the County Antrim coast. Tributes have been paid to Johnny Curry, the Rathlin Island man who was found dead in the waters off the coast of the island on Saturday.
A major air and sea rescue had been launched after a ferry travelling between Ballycastle and Rathlin Island spotted an empty rhib-type boat at about 1645 BST on Saturday. Mr Curry, who was in his sixties, was travelling from Rathlin to Ballycastle when he fell overboard.
It is believed the man fell overboard while he was travelling from the island to Ballycastle. An air and sea rescue was launched after the crew of a ferry travelling between Ballycastle and Rathlin Island spotted the empty rib-type boat.
The body was recovered by the RNLI Red Bay lifeboat at 1830 BST. Red Bay lifeboat discovered Mr Curry's body a mile off the island's Rue Point.
It was found one mile south-east of Rue Point on Rathlin Island. It thought something snagged in the propeller of his boat.