A man has died after an accident on a fishing boat in Galway Bay earlier today.
The man was taken from the vessel between Blackrock and Silberstrand in an unresponsive condition by a local RNLI lifeboat this afternoon.
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Paramedics met him at Galway Docks and rushed him to University Hospital Galway, where he was later pronounced dead.
Gardaí have notified the Health and Safety Authority of a workplace accident.
