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Fundraising campaign launched for funeral of tragic Rafal 'Ralph' Skora who died following paragliding accident in Co Wicklow

A fundraising campaign has been launched for the funeral of tragic Rafal 'Ralph' Skora who died following paragliding accident.

Rafal, who is in his 30s, never returned to his home in Artane, north Dublin, after spending time on the Wicklow mountains.

A search was carried out by gardai, the Dublin-Wicklow Mountain Rescue and the Irish Coast Guard.

Rafal and Dominika Skora (Facebook.com/dominika.vysokajova)

Tributes paid to tragic Rafal 'Ralph' Skora who died following paragliding accident 

His body was found at 8am on Sunday morning in the Ballinacor Estate in Wicklow, along with wreckage.

And now a GoFundMe campaign has been launched to help raise the funds for his funeral.

A statement on the site reads: "Rafal died in the Wicklow mountains.

"He didn't have any funeral insurance and his wife doesn't have access to his accounts.

"On Friday he posted on Facebook a wedding gift that he had found in the back of his taxi ..a voucher worth €200 .. he was trying to find the wedding venue to return it.

Dublin / Wicklow mountain rescue along with Glen of Imaal Mountain rescue teams who searched and recovered a man who died in a paraglider accident on the Ballinacor estate, Glenmalure, Co Wicklow. Photograph: Garry O'Neill (Garry O'Neill)

Tragic Rafal Skora who died in accident was a good Samaritan who went out of his way to return lost wedding present  

"Thats the sort of guy he was. He leaves a widow and three children.

"The last two under three. Kind, enthusiastic and honest."

A link to the fundraiser can be found HERE.

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