His body was removed from the scene to the mortuary at University Hospital Galway, where a post-mortem examination will take place.

The incident happened on a local road in Rinn near Oranmore at around 3.30pm on Saturday afternoon.

A supermarket owner in Clarinbridge has described how the waters rose to 10 feet in 10 minutes on Monday.

A woman, aged in her 80s, has died after being struck by a car in a hit-and-run in Co Galway on Friday night