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Man killed in fall at Sligo Hotel

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  • 13-02-2014 10:13am
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    IrishLad2012
    Registered Users Posts: 276 ✭✭


    Ocean FM news:

    Gardai are investigating following the death of 28 year old man, after a fall
    at a Sligo Town hotel over night


    It’s believed the man was attempting to regain entry to the Sligo City Hotel
    at around 1.45 am this morning when the incident occurred.


    The man was taken to Sligo Regional Hospital where he was pronounced dead at
    2am.


    The death is not believed to be suspicious


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    IrishLad2012
    Registered Users Posts: 276 ✭✭IrishLad2012


    Thoughts are with this mans family...RIP..


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    DellyBelly
    Registered Users Posts: 3,042 ✭✭✭DellyBelly


    Could be in line for a Darwin award....

    Still all the same a tragic thing to happen


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    red sean
    Registered Users Posts: 2,917 ✭✭✭red sean


    DellyBelly wrote: »
    Could be in line for a Darwin award....

    Still all the same a tragic thing to happen
    Tasteless post in my opinion.

    Sad incident, may he RIP.


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    Kathnora
    Registered Users Posts: 204 ✭✭Kathnora


    If he was a guest at the hotel how come he didn't have a key to get in no matter what time of night he was trying to get in??? Do hotels have a closing time?


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    red sean
    Registered Users Posts: 2,917 ✭✭✭red sean


    Kathnora wrote: »
    If he was a guest at the hotel how come he didn't have a key to get in no matter what time of night he was trying to get in??? Do hotels have a closing time?
    All hotels have closing times, after which you ring the doorbell for the night porter to admit you.
    Your key is for your room not the front door.


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    Kathnora
    Registered Users Posts: 204 ✭✭Kathnora


    I know the procedure re hotel keys .....what I really was trying to say in my post was that surely there was a legitimate way to get in to the hotel such as contacting the night porter. That makes this incident so difficult to comprehend and so tragic too, of course.


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    Plazaman
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    Definitely is a night porter at Sligo City Hotel. He/she may have been away from the desk at the time doing something else and as it was a shítty night, poor guy decided to try an alternate route in. Genuine mistake that cost him dearly but not call for "Darwin Award" insults.


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    fillefatale
    Registered Users Posts: 2,225 ✭✭✭fillefatale


    DellyBelly wrote: »
    Could be in line for a Darwin award....

    Still all the same a tragic thing to happen

    Consider this your first warning for making inappropriate remarks in light of this awful tragedy.


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    Mint Sauce
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    Only read about this today. Condolances to the mans partner/fiancee, family and friends. Thoughts also with the staff on that night.


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    Ham Sambo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 515 ✭✭✭Ham Sambo


    Media stated earlier that the guy and his girlfriend could not gain re-admittance back into the hotel after a night out on the town, they didn't give a reason as to why they could not get in although there was night staff working in the hotel at the time.

    It is believed that he climbed over a low railing at the hotel but didn't realise that there was a considerably larger drop on the other side of this railing, and that's when his accident happened, it's unfair to blame anybody really as nobody really knows what happened. It would appear to have been a very sad and tragic accident.


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