THE search for missing international student Robert Funke was stood down after Gardaí confirmed the discovery of a body a great distance from where the young student was last seen.
University of Limerick (UL) student Robert Funke was reported missing last week, after last being seen in the Dromroe student village at UL on Sunday November 5.
A wide number of searches for the 23-year-old, who had come to Limerick from Germany to study for a masters degree in European Studies, were conducted across the last week, including Mr Funke’s classmates who had organised search parties in the Castletroy area.
Gardaí today confirmed the search for the popular UL student had been stood down after the discovery of a body on Inis Oírr in County Galway this past Monday (November 13).
Announcing the news of Mr Funke’s death, UL President, Professor Kerstin Mey, said in an email to staff and students at the university: “It is my very sad duty today to inform you of the death of a much-loved member of our community, Robert Funke from Germany, who was in his first year of an MA in European Studies.”
“Our sincerest condolences go to Robert’s parents – Sebastian and Monica – and to his brother Julius – our sympathies go out to all of Robert’s classmates and lecturers to his housemates, friends, and fellow UL students.
“We think also of his friends and family in Germany who will be devastated by his loss. Ruhe in Frieden Robert.”
