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General => Kayaking => Topic started by: Matt on April 08, 2010, 17:28:50

Title: Deaths in Waterford
Post by: Matt on April 08, 2010, 17:28:50

Condolences to the families of two kayakers who drowned last night on a river in Co. Waterford. It happened on a weir on the River Clodagh.

http://www.irishwhitewater.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=563 (http://www.irishwhitewater.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=563)

From the RTE clip, it looks like the weir was absolutely lethal.

Title: Re: Deaths in Waterford
Post by: Bill C on April 08, 2010, 19:59:28

How terrible.

Dreadful recirculation on that stopper.

Title: Re: Deaths in Waterford
Post by: Daniel on April 09, 2010, 00:00:32

What the journalist says at the end of the clip is such a stupid thing to say.

Title: Re: Deaths in Waterford
Post by: JODY on April 09, 2010, 00:06:21

Exactly what i thought... maybe they should think twice about having a death trap in a town... not just kayakers end up in rivers

Title: Re: Deaths in Waterford
Post by: Yu Liu on April 09, 2010, 10:09:13

metro said the weir was a fish pass or something.

Title: Re: Deaths in Waterford
Post by: kmck on April 09, 2010, 10:46:57

From our own experience we should treat everything in the media with a large pinch of salt.

Title: Re: Deaths in Waterford
Post by: Asho87 on April 09, 2010, 13:29:04

So awful :(

RIP x

Title: Re: Deaths in Waterford
Post by: kill on April 11, 2010, 11:54:13

Wholly agree with you Jody. It would be so easy to make a weir like that much safer but there's never enough pressure to convince officials to do anything about them. Perhaps it's about time we got together on trying to have weirs improved for safety purposes while still fulfilling their use. It would benefit all river users and members of the public who are (to the best of my knowledge) the more common victims of dangerous weirs.

My heart goes out to everyone who will have to take the time to overcome the massive anguish this tragedy will have caused them.