Body washed up off Galway coast

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The body was discovered on Friday evening

The body of a middle-aged man has been washed up on an island off the coast of County Galway, according to Gardaí (Irish police).

It is understood a member of the public found the body on Inishmann, one of the Aran Islands, at about 20:30 BST on Friday.

Irish national broadcaster RTE has reported that a post-mortem is due to take place at University College Hospital Galway.