‘Disgraceful’ - Boat damaged after shopping trolley thrown into Waterford harbour
The trolley was recently recovered from Dungarvan Harbour
A boat was damaged after a shopping trolley was thrown into a harbour in County Waterford recently.
She wrote: “It’s disgraceful that people think it’s funny to throw a shopping trolley into the harbour. A boat has now been damaged.
“Thanks to Dungarvan Offshore Charters for doing the great job of removing it.”
A number of locals expressed concern over the practice in the comments section of the post.
One man said: “In my time scuba diving, I was involved in a lot of body searches and recoveries and in bad or zero visibility, especially at night, these things can cause problems.
“One of our lads nearly lost an eye when the current took him straight into the handlebar of a rusty bicycle.”
Similarly, another person wrote: “People, particularly children, have drowned over these. So easy to get a leg stuck while swimming.”
“My dad's wooden boat was badly damaged in the Quay years ago when someone decided to put a trolley in between the wall and the boat - straight through the side of the boat,” one woman commented.
Meanwhile, another local woman described the incident as “absolutely disgusting”.