Galway Bay fm newsroom:
Gardai are investigating the discovery of a body in Furbo.
A member of the public discovered the body of a man at Furbo Beach shortly before 5 last evening.
It's the second body to be discovered in the general area in the past few days.
A body was found in Barna on Tuesday
Gardai are investigating the discovery of the body of man late yesterday afternoon who had washed ashore at Furbo Beach.
The body - described as being an elderly male - was discovered by a member of the public at 4.55PM and Gardai were alerted.
The remains were taken to UHG where a post mortem examination is expected to take place.
No formal identification has been made at this point - and Gardai say the death is being treated as a personal tragedy.
A file will be prepared for a coroners inquest which will be held at a later date.
It's the second time a body has been discovered in the area in recent days.
The body of a man was discovered washed ashore at New Village, Furrymelia on Tuesday evening.
A formal identification has not yet been made in that case and Gardai are also treating that incident as a personal tragedy.
