Irish teenager body recovered from lake in Spain

Spanish police recovered the body of an Irish teenager from a lake in Lagunas de Ruidera, Spain.

On Saturday, a search operation was launched after the young man was reported missing, according to local media reports.

The regional television network Castilla-La Mancha Media reported that the missing Irishman was 19 years old and lived nearby in Spain on a language program.

The Irish teenager disappeared during a trip to a national park, between the provinces of Albacete and Ciudad Real, in central Spain.

The water units of the Civil Guard and local fire brigade units made a parking lot over the weekend.

A spokesman for the provincial fire department of Albacete confirmed that an Irishman 's body had been recovered from a lake during the search on Sunday.

The fire service tweeted Sunday that the search effort to locate the young man had concluded "with an undesirable end for everyone".

The body was recovered from the lake around 15:30.

A spokesman for the Foreign Ministry said that he "can not comment on individual consular affairs".