Mum of drowning victim slams people who live-streamed tragedy

‘A circus’: Mother of man who drowned in Cork ‘cut to pieces’ that people filmed the incident

Taoiseach Micheál Martin said reports that people filmed the tragedy ‘is a very sad and regrettable feature of modern life’.

'My son was drowning in river while onlookers livestreamed on their phones' - The Mirror

Luke Hyde's mum Elizabeth has spoken out to condemn members of the public filming her son's drowning who had to be pushed away by Gardai attending the scene in Cork, Ireland

Mum of drowning victim slams people who live-streamed tragedy

Taoiseach Micheal Martin condemned the filming

Heartbroken mum of drowning victim slams those who live-streamed tragedy

Luke Hyde - who would have turned 34 on June 2 - entered the north channel of the River Lee from Pope’s Quay in Cork with a friend at around 6.45pm to try to swim to Kyrl’s Quay

Mother speaks of distress knowing people filmed son as he drowned in Cork river

Luke Hyde, who lived in Wolfe Tone Street in Cork, got in to difficulties in the River Lee shortly after 7pm on Wednesday.

Gardaí intervene as crowds film Cork drowning tragedy on phones and livestream footage

As a man drowned in Cork’s River Lee, onlookers filmed and livestreamed the tragedy, forcing gardaí to intervene