VIDEO: This is what it’s like to jump off a helicopter 5000 feet over Dublin

If you’re scared of heights, look away now.

VIDEO: This is what it’s like to jump off a helicopter 5000 feet over Dublin

Last August Captain Ruairí McDermott and Corporal Colin Curran, two members of the Irish Defence Forces, parachuted into Cathal Brugha Barracks in Rathmines.

One of them had a Go Pro attached to himself and the Defence Forces have uploaded the footage to YouTube, so now we can all experience the thrill of diving out of a helicopter and falling into Dublin from the comfort of our own homes.

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