Tributes have been paid to a man whose body was found yesterday following a paragliding accident.
Rafal "Ralph" Skora, 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.
His body was found at 8am on Sunday morning in the Ballinacor Estate in Wicklow, along with wreckage, Dublin Live reports.
The Irish Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association posted a statement in their Facebook group, expressing condolences to his family and friends.
They said: "It is with deep regret we wish to inform all pilots that Ralph Skora died tragically following a paragliding accident.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends. The accident is being investigated by the Air Accident Investigation Unit with the assistance of the IHPA.
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"The AAIU will report in due course."
It was reported Ralph had recently became a father for the second time.
His wife Dominika was coming to terms with the tragic accident yesterday.
She told the Irish Independent: “I can’t believe it is Rafal.
“I just can’t believe it. He had a huge level of experience.”
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“His parents have been told and they are coming on Monday,
“Rafal has been paragliding for just a few years, but he has hundreds of hours of experience paragliding here and abroad.
“He was supposed to be going to Spain in a few weeks to paraglide there, he was looking forward to it.”
