Jet ski shouldn’t have been used by boy

THE teenage boy who died in a jet ski accident in Youghal, Co Cork, should have been forbidden under regulations to operate the privately-owned, high-powered pleasure craft.

Patrick Daly, 15, from Greencloyne, Youghal, was not the owner of the jet ski. The owner, who lives in the vicinity of the harbour town, was yesterday interviewed as gardaí and the Marine Casualty Investigation Board commenced separate inquiries.

The jet ski was involved in a collision with a speed boat towing a dinghy. Local builder Michael Murray, 36, from Blackwater Heights, at the controls of the speed boat, remained in a stable condition in Cork University Hospital last night after sustaining serious leg and pelvis injuries.