Galway Bay fm newsroom - A post mortem examination is due to be carried out after a man died while swimming in Portumna.
The local man, aged in his early 40s, got into difficulty while swimming in the pier area shortly after 6 last evening.
Emergency services were drafted in and after a search, the man's body was recovered.
He was pronounced dead at the scene and was taken to Portiuncula Hospital where a post mortem exam is due to take place.
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Local Fianna Fail Deputy Ann Rabbitte told Keith Finnegan the man had been travelling home from the bog and decided to go for a swim.
She says the community is in shock.
