As a diver from the area this is a very tragic incident for the whole diving community regardless of the club you dive with. May I express my deepest sympathies to the family from all at the hook sub aqua club. Our thoughts and prayers are with them at this difficult time . And if course our thoughts and prayers are with our friends in the Wexford sub aqua club .

Tragic indeed , r.i.p.
Gavin , diving is a beautiful pastime and Ireland has some great sites .What led you to give it up ?

Devastated to hear the news of such a young life lost rip

Really sad news. If they were off the Saltee islands I wonder where their boat was? Rapid help and oxygen is vital in that situation, waiting for a lifeboat or helicopter might be the difference between life and death.

Didn’t hear that they found that poor German fellow.

Complacency is the biggest danger. I have spent many years diving both here in Ireland, and all over the world. While it is an extreme sport, if you adhere to your training, and safety checks prior to and during your dive mishaps can be kept to a minimum . Too many people learn to dive in beautiful tropical places, only to come back to Ireland qualified but totally inexperienced to dive in these waters. I don’t think Government legislation would help as they would start by taxing compressed air, or some other draconian approach. My thoughts are with both the family of the deceased diver, and his team mates at this time. May God have mercy on his soul.

A very tragic end, I seen way too many accidents before giving up diving in Ireland. RIP

R.I.P. my friend May the waves always be kind to u
diving is more dangerous than driving and yet there is no strict governing law!
i was on holidays in lanazarotte and i am only a first course padi diver. an English couple who were 2 courses above me were the only other English speaking people of 8 besides me and the Belgian guide Ben
i was ben’s buddy for the first dive and everything went smooth as
we came out of the water and had a cupa tea b4 the second dive
jumped off d pier to re enter d water no worries but a few had to go by steps. Ben asked if id take up the rear of d group to which i said i would. he signaled me every 30 sec the ok sign to make sure all was good. we went out had a great dive but as we got back to shallows 12 meterse roughly the English lad shot to the surface!! no explanation or nothing. his wife tried to follow him but i grabbed her leg dumped the bit of air i had and swam her back down to the sea bed. calmed her down via hand signals turned my back to see the guide and she feet sprung off the bottom straight to d surface
the couple had to receive oxygen treatment ashore
as i said they were padi sorted well above me!!
and yet the first thing i was told in diving class 101 was THE FIRST TEN METRES ARE THE MOST DEADLY

RIP young man and my condolences to WSAC and family. As a relatively experienced diver I’ve had very good dives and very scary one’s. Preparation is vital and good equipment goes without saying although i’m sure these chaps where well up to standard, and accidents can happen.

very sad John PSAC

We were at Kilmore quay harbour staying on holiday when we see the resue team go out , then we heard this very sad news , my and my husband send our sincere condolences to the family of this young lad, we could feel the sadness in Kilmore quay a very close community , god bless you all xx