The Balconing Balearic Federation, or Federació Balear de Balconing, has set up a sick social media page featuring tables of the 'Balcony League'. The league tallies the number of deaths and injuries linked to each country, including Ireland. They use football terminology such as "hat trick" to disrespectfully refer to deceased tourists, including Irish holidaymakers who have lost their lives on the Balearic Islands, reports the Irish Mirror.
According to their chart, since 1999, three deaths and seven injuries have occurred among Irish people. This is in contrast to the 42 deaths of UK tourists on the Balearic Islands from balcony incidents. Just months prior to this, a 20 year old Irish man tragically died after falling from a Magaluf apartment block. Earlier in 2018, another Irish man was taken to hospital with severe head injuries after a fall from a hotel balcony in the Algarve resort of Albufeira.
In 2017, an Irish man was left in a critical condition after falling from a hotel's first-floor balcony on the party island of Ibiza. Meanwhile, in 2016, a 22 year old Irish woman tragically fell to her death from a balcony in Tenerife. "Several of these have resulted in the death or serious injury of an Irish citizen. It is important to exercise caution when using hotel and apartment balconies, particularly if you have consumed alcohol or drugs, and to avoid taking unnecessary risks.