Cruise boat seized after reports those on board ‘endangering life’

GARDAÍ have seized a cruise boat on Lough Derg after reports it had been operating in a dangerous manner endangering life and property.

Cruise boat seized after reports those on board ‘endangering life’

The seizure followed two separate incidents of careless and dangerous behaviour by boat operators on the lake on Sunday.

In the latest incident, the skipper of a boat moored at Killaloe contacted Gardaí at around 7.30pm and said he feared for his safety after witnessing a sports cruiser “operating recklessly, endangering life and property in close proximity to his vessel”.

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