Investigations Continue Into Death Of Paraglider In Wicklow

The man who died at the weekend following an apparent paragliding accident in Wicklow had just become a father for second time.

Rafal Skora  who was originally from Poland, failed to return to his home in Artane in North Dublin on Saturday evening after he is spent the day paragliding over the Wicklow mountains.

A search operation was launched involving Gardaí, the Dublin/Wicklow Mountain Rescue team and an Irish Coast Guard Rescue helicopter and his body was found at around 8am yesterday morning in a field at Ballinacor Estate near Rathdrum.

According to the Herald newspaper, Rafal and his wife had just had their second child, a girl only a few weeks ago.