Irish Coast Guard responds to incident in Galway

Shortly after 1.30pm today Valentia Coast Guard was alerted by Marine VHF radio (emergency channel 16) to a man overboard incident in Galway Bay. The Sligo based Coast Guard helicopter R118, Galway RNLI and Costelloe Bay Coast Guard Unit were immediately tasked to the scene.

The Shannon base Coast Guard Helicopter, which at the time was completing patient transfer to University Hospital Galway, was also placed on standby at Galway.

Shortly after arriving on scene, Coast Guard Helicopter R118 located and recovered the casualty, provided immediate medical assistance and transferred the casualty into the care of HSE at University Hospital.