REPORT PUBLISHED INTO CLONBUR JET SKIER'S DEATH

Date Published: 29-Jan-2009

A culmination of factors contributed to the drowning of a 21 year old Clonbur native in a jet-ski accident in 2007. The Marine Casualty Investigation Board has issued it's report into the death of Patrick O'Haire in Lough Mask. It's urged a tightening of controls on jetskis and says users should be made undergo training. 21 year old Patrick O’Haire, from Clonbur, died after trying to swim ashore in fading light and poor weather when the engine of his jet ski cut out near Gortmore Bay, on the evening of the 9th of May, 2007.