A man who was rescued from Lough Ree after a boating accident yesterday afternoon has died in hospital.
The man in his 20's was one of two who were taken from the water and brought to Portiuncula hospital in a critical condition.
He was later transferred to University College Hospital in Galway where he passed away overnight.
Meanwhile, search efforts have resumed this morning to find a third man also believed to have been on the fishing boat when it got into difficulty.
The Coastguard helicopter, the Lough Ree Lifeboat and the Garda water unit are involved in the search in the Hodson Bay area of Athlone.
Divisional Controller with Malin Head Coastguard for the North West region, Derek Flanagan, outlines the focus of this morning's search:
