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Karen Coyles' family wait to hear if body found off Scotland is loved one | Karen Coyles' family wait to hear if body found off Scotland is loved one |
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A community rescue team in Ballycastle is to continue searching for a missing woman, until a body found at a beach in Scotland is formally identified. | |
Karen Coyles, 47, has been missing since the night of Sunday 11 September. | |
On Thursday, a body was discovered on a beach on the Mull of Kintyre. The police there have said it is unlikely the body will be identified on Friday. | |
Police in Northern Ireland are liaising with officers in Strathclyde and Ms Coyles' family is awaiting news. | |
The body was discovered at Rhunahoarine Point, a beach on the Mull of Kintyre. | |
Sean McCarry from the Community Rescue Service, who has been leading the search for Ms Coyles, is staying with her family until a formal identification has been carried out. | |
"The family are united as they have been throughout this process," he said. | "The family are united as they have been throughout this process," he said. |
"They are obviously anxious to find out where Karen is, but equally they're not wishing it to be somebody else. | "They are obviously anxious to find out where Karen is, but equally they're not wishing it to be somebody else. |
Team captain | |
"They're just waiting to see what the situation is - if it is Karen or not. There's a relief in one way but the tragedy of a loss on the other." | "They're just waiting to see what the situation is - if it is Karen or not. There's a relief in one way but the tragedy of a loss on the other." |
Ms Coyles was chairperson of the Ballycastle Camogie Club and had just returned from Dublin where she and her team had been playing a match. | Ms Coyles was chairperson of the Ballycastle Camogie Club and had just returned from Dublin where she and her team had been playing a match. |
She had captained the winning team in the all-Ireland camogie sevens tournament. | She had captained the winning team in the all-Ireland camogie sevens tournament. |
Ms Coyles worked in the Biomedical Sciences Research Institute at the University of Ulster in Coleraine. | Ms Coyles worked in the Biomedical Sciences Research Institute at the University of Ulster in Coleraine. |
Her friends and relatives first realised there was something wrong when she did not turn up for work on 12 September. | Her friends and relatives first realised there was something wrong when she did not turn up for work on 12 September. |
Police, the coastguard, dive teams and the local community have been searching for her since. | Police, the coastguard, dive teams and the local community have been searching for her since. |