A jet-ski tragedy on a Co Mayo lake is believed to have claimed the life of a young man yesterday. He had been enjoying himself with fellow jet-ski enthusiasts on Baltra lake, about 10 miles from Castlebar, when his machine capsized. He was named locally last night as Alan Joyce, Ranaghy, Islandeady, Castlebar, one of a family of four, three boys and a girl.
Shocked friends of the 19-year-old who saw the jet-ski overturn around 5pm raised the alarm. A major lake search and rescue operation involving a Coast Guard helicopter, civil defence personnel and gardaí and civilians immediately got under way.
Members of the missing man's family and his friends who had been with him on the lake earlier stayed on the shoreline until after dark as the search continued.
The rescue helicopter called off its search around 7.30pm and divers concentrated their activity on a stretch of deep water near the shoreline in the village of Glenisland.
Meanwhile, in Dublin a 42-year-old pedestrian was killed on Saturday when he was hit by a car on the Ballymun Road. Patrick Grattan, Deanstown Avenue, Finglas, was struck by a car at 1.35am and was pronounced dead at the Mater hospital.
Gardaí from Listowel, Co Kerry have named the victim in the collision at Ballybunion on July 30th as four-year-old Beirne McDonagh, Ladies Walk, Ballyduff. The vehicle in which he was travelling overturned near Ballybunion.
Gardaí from Fermoy, Co Cork, have named the victim from the road collision at Strawhall, Fermoy, on July 31st as 34-year-old Declan Kelly of Strawhall, Fermoy.