Galway Bay fm newsroom - Emergency services dealt with three water incidents in the city over the bank holiday weekend.
On Sunday evening, a young man died in hospital after being rescued from the water near Woodquay earlier that day.
The alarm was raised at around 8.15am on Sunday when the 29-year old known locally as Darren King from Athenry, entered the water.
He was brought by ambulance to University Hospital Galway where he later died.
In a subsequent water incident, a man's body was discovered in Salthill at around 10am on Sunday.
The man in his early 50s, believed to be from the Inverin area, was discovered by a member of the public at Palmer’s Rock.
While gardaí are looking into the circumstances surrounding the discovery of the man’s body, it’s not thought to be suspicious.
Meanwhile, a man who was rescued from the water in the city last night (06/06) is recovering in hospital this evening.
The man, aged in his fifties and from the Renmore area, was taken from the water at Fisheries Field shortly after midnight.
