A man’s body was recovered from the Co Galway coast on Saturday after a boat capsized early this morning.
Gardaí and the Coast Guard were alerted after a boat carrying three men encountered trouble north of St Macdara’s Island, shortly before 3am.
Two crew members managed to make it safely to shore unharmed, a Garda spokesman said.
The Coast Guard was involved in the search for the third man.
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Shortly before 8am, the body of a man aged 30 was recovered along the shoreline. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Garda and Coast Guard were joined in the search by Aran Islands and Clifden RNLI members along with many members of local community who attended the scene of the searches.
The coroner has been notified and the body has been taken to the mortuary at University Hospital Galway where a postmortem will be carried out.
