THE SOCIAL networking site Facebook has been asked to remove photographs of daredevil antics at the Cliffs of Moher in Co Clare amid fears they could encourage visitors to attempt similar feats.
The administrators of the Facebook page, who claim it was set up for fans of the Cliffs of Moher, have been criticised for displaying photographs of people hanging over the 700ft cliffs, while other pictures show visitors walking and cycling along a narrow ledge.
Cliffs of Moher Visitor Experience director Katherine Webster has said: “I believe that there is a lot of confusion among Facebook users and some of the fans of the other page have connected to it mistaking it for the official page of the visitor centre.
“The other Facebook page was set up around about the same time as our page but is not connected with us.”
Several photographs show two mountain bikers cycling along a 20m stretch of the cliffs in 2006. The ledge on which Hans Rey and Steve Peat cycled was no more than a metre wide. Mr Rey, a world champion cyclist, has since vowed he will never repeat the stunt at the cliffs and warned others against attempting it.
Page administrator John Lawless said the page was for fans of the Cliffs of Moher and not the visitor centre. “Any photos shared by fans or posted by any of the administrators are fan postings or freely available online.”
Mr Lawless has declined to confirm whether the photos will be removed from the site.