Two people – both understood to be living in Galway – drowned in separate incidents yesterday.
At around 2pm, a 19-year-old man got into difficulty while swimming with friends in the River Corrib at Dangan close to NUIG.
The man’s body was removed from the water of the River Corrib in the Dangan area shortly after 4 pm by the Shannon based helicopter, local Gardaí, fire services and members of the local sub-aqua unit and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
At around the same time a passerby discovered the body of a woman in the Galway docks.
The RNLI lifeboat attended the scene in the harbour and assisted in removing the woman’s body from the water.
It is believed she was aged in her 40s or 50s and she was also pronounced dead at the scene.
Both bodies have been taken University Hospital Galway.
This morning Galway Gardai say they expect that the post mortems will be carried out possibly later today.
But the names of those who died in the separate drownings are not being released until all next of kin have been contacted.
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