Tributes are being paid to a young East Clare woman who lost her life following a fall in France.
Eimear Noonan’s family have confirmed that French authorities informed them of her death, following the accident while out running.
The 21-year-old, who’s from Caher, was living in the small French town of Annonay where she worked as an English teacher, after graduating from UCC less than a month ago.
The alarm was raised on Thursday morning after she failed to turn up at the school where she works and appeals for information were made online.
Local Councillor Pat Hayes has been telling Clare FM’s Fiona Cahill that the news of her death has sent shockwaves through the East Clare community: