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Irish Man Killed In Swiss Alps Helicopter Crash: Investigation Ongoing, Family Linked To Kildare's Horse Auction House

Friday, 5 April 2024 11:54

By Martin Osborne

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James, also known as Jimmy, is the son of Robert and Sheelagh Goff – the owners of the 19th-century Ballinacor Estate in Rathdrum, Wicklow.

Investigations are continuing into the cause of a helicopter crash in the Swiss Alps in which an Irish man was killed.

James Goff - an heir to the Goffs' estate in Rathdrum in Wicklow - died when the chopper slid off a mountain-top helipad on Tuesday.

James, also known as Jimmy, is the son of Robert and Sheelagh Goff – the owners of the 19th-century Ballinacor Estate in Rathdrum, Wicklow.

Robert Goff is part of the well-known Goff family that owned the auction house for horses in Kill, just off the N7.

Journalist and broadcaster Vincent McAvinney says a number of those onboard the chopper survived.

 

 

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