#RESCUE - The Irish Examiner reports that a man has been airlifted to hospital after taking ill on a fishing vessel off Galway yesterday Friday 21 September.
The man reportedly experienced chest pains on board the fishing boat off the coast of Spiddal.
Galway RNLI's lifeboat was dispatched to the scene to attend to the man before he was airlifted by Irish Coast Guard rescue helicopter to Galway University Hospital. His condition is as yet unknown.
MacDara Conroy is a contributor covering all things on the water, from boating and wildlife to science and business
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