A man was rescued from the water in Galway Bay by the Coast Guard rescue helicopter on Friday afternoon.
Shortly after 1:30pm on Friday, the Coast Guard was alerted by emergency radio to a man overboard in Galway Bay.
Rescue 118, along with units of the Galway RNLI and Costello Coast Guard 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 the scene, Rescue 118 was able to locate the man and rescue him from the water.
He was provided with immediate medical assistance at the scene, before the helicopter brought him to University Hospital Galway.
