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Irish Coast Guard have had to rescue kite surfers in Louth

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by Alton » Mon Oct 16, 2017 5:57 pm

https://www.joe.ie/news/irish-coast-gua ... uth-603878

What part of 'stay away from the coast' do people not understand.

The Irish Coast Guard have tweeted about having to save idiots who decided to go kite surfing during the early stages of Hurricane Ophelia in County Louth.

With seas all around the country raging during one of the biggest storms the country had ever seen, the emergency services are set to be on high alert for fallen wires, felled trees, and idiots who decide to put their lives - and the lives of the people whose job it is to save them - at risk for the most stupid of reasons imaginable.


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by Slappy » Mon Oct 16, 2017 9:19 pm

Sounds like they were just having a good time in big seas and people on shore got scared.

According to an email sent to The Democrat, the wind-surfers in question were "not stranded" and that "a local passerby called emergency response as they felt it to be irresponsible."
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