Karen Coyles' family wait to hear if body found off Scotland is loved one

The family of Karen Coyles, who went missing in Ballycastle are waiting to hear if the body of a woman found off the coast of Scotland is hers.The 47-year-old woman has not been seen since the night of Sunday, 11 September.A body was discovered on the Isle of Gigha off the Mull of Kintyre on Thursday.Police are liaising with officers in Strathclyde to establish the identity of the woman.Sean McCarry from the Community Rescue Service led the search for Ms Coyles when she went missing and is staying with the family until a formal identification has been carried out."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'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."Mr McCarry said they expect a formal identification to take place on Friday.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.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.Police, the coastguard, dive teams and the local community have been searching for her since. From / BBC