Gardaí are investigating after two people drowned in separate incidents in Galway city this afternoon.
At around 2pm a 19-year-old man got into difficulty while swimming in the River Corrib at Dangan close to NUIG.
The man's body was removed from the water by the Coast guard and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
At around the same time a passerby discovered the body of a woman in the Galway Docks.
She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Both bodies have been taken to University Hospital Galway where post mortem examinations will be carried out.
