The Rescue 118 helicopter was tasked to a callout last night to recover a body near Inishbofin Island off the Galway coast.
It's understood a fisherman passed away after getting into difficulty.
At around 10.15pm on Wednesday evening, the alarm was raised after a fisherman was overdue at sea and was presumed missing.
Malin Head Coast Guard responded to the calls, and a multi-agency search operation was carried out along the east and north shorelines of Inishbofin Island, along with the Rescue 118 helicopter from Sligo, and both lifeboats from Clifden RNLI.
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The fisherman's body was recovered just before midnight by locals involved in the search, and this was later confirmed the Rescue 118 team.
