Galway Bay fm newsroom – A Spanish fisherman has been airlifted to University Hospital Galway after taking ill on board a boat in the Atlantic this afternoon.
The trawler was about 150kms west of the Aran Islands when the skipper alerted the Irish Coast Guard.
The 54-year-old Spanish fisherman was successfully winched from the deck of the trawler at around 2pm and was flown to UHG.
His condition is not yet known.
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