“Very very sad to here what happened to Paddy,RIP young man... blaming Newquay is Knee Jerk and ridiculous. His parents allowed him to go on a jolly to a well known 'party-town'... what did they imagine... only soft drinks on board...get real! Teenagers experiment..they all do... Blame is part of the grieving process, it goes in stages.... a petition against a town? Pathetic and pointless, stop being blinkered and hold on to your dignity and accept it was a tragic accident, treasure the memories dont waste you're time like this!”

“i am sick and fed up of hearing that it is newquays fault for these idiots coming to our town getting drunk and going for a walk along the cliffs.the tourists do not live here so why should railings be put up spoiling our special coastline.maybe the parents of these underage drinkers should maybe have brought there kids up more sensibly.we dont ask you to come down here at the end of the day”

“If the parent have to find someone to blame then they need look no further than their own front door. They are resposible for allowing their CHILD to go to Newquay and get drunk and do something foolish that cost him his life.

I teach 16 year olds and can tell anyone that although they may think they are mature enough to holiday on their own, they do not have enough life experience to always know what is the right and safe thing to do.

If anyone is responsible (which I'm not suggesting anyone is) it is the boy himself and beyond that his parents who should not have allowed their child to put himself in such a dangerous position. Any number of terrible things could have happened to a 16 year old, drunk and hundreds of miles from home with no adult supervision.

It is time that people started taking responsibility for their own actions instead of constantly trying to point their finger at someone else.”

“Unfortunately with alcohol and high jinks of teenagers fencing probably would not have made a difference! The signs were there and ignored. How self centred for the parents to blame Newquay, the council, the police and anyone else but themselves. At 16 The parents are still responsible for their offspring.”

“sorry to have to say but dose the recent news meen that they are going to try a boycott on newquay for families as well after the tradgic acceident with the farther and son sunday 19th july i have to say these things happen every where just unlucky newquay is 1 area some of these have happen in R.I.P to the unfortuant ones and sorry to all the families”

“This is the most ridiculous thing I've heard in a long while. Its not Newquays fault and its not the parents fault, its a terrible accident and that needs to be accepted. Its perfectly reasonable to allow a 16yr old to celebrate by going on a trip to Cornwall and 90% of 16yr olds go out drinking regularly despite what their parents like to think.
Making Cornwall 'safer' is ridiculous. Just because the urban areas are all being made 'safe' so people can't go around sueing everyone when they trip on a paving stone doesn't mean the countryside and coasts should be as well. You could get drunk and accidently fall off a cliff anywhere in the British coast. Why should we put fences up everywhere and ruin the landscape?! drunk people would just climb over them and sit on the cliff edge anyway. I remember doing it many times when I was growing up!!”

“As everyone has said it is really sad that a young guy has lost his life due to booze, and not as stated the dangerous cliffs and beaches at Newquay.
I feel for the parents I really do, but boycotting what is a tourist attraction is ridiculous, and also very pointless. What are you going to do stop the tide from coming in just in case someone gets swept away, how are you going to stop a rip?. Now enough is enough, here we had a young 16 yr old lad drinking booze then decided to go where he should not under the influence, come on for goodness sake. This island we live on is surrounded by water, what next King Kanute?”

“I sympathise with the parents for losing a child in such a pointless way, but honestly, what did they think their SIXTEEN YEAR OLD son was going to do once he got to a place with a reputation for partying? Watercolours?

I don't blame the people of Newquay for this, any place will take advantage of it's attraction to encourage visitors, and in Cornwall one has to. What I really can't stand the abdication of parental responsibility and the blame setting that always seems to occur once a seriously misjudged decision results in a tragedy. Perhaps, just maybe, a positive thing that will come out of this is that parents will think twice before allowing what are basically kids to go there. 15 or 16 is too young for a place like Newquay.”

“so sorry that another young life as been lost. i greave for the parents. the BIG if only factor now comes into play , yes if only it was feasable to fence off the cliffs,if only he had not drank ,IF only he had walked the other way,IF, IF , IF ONLYhis mates etc etc , but if only he had been refused permission to go to newquay at 16 he was not old enough , too much temptation, NEWQUAY COUNCILLORS CLEAN UP YOUR TOWNS IMAGE AND FAST . GET THE FAMILY,S BACK.”

“i think its such a shame whats happened. the truth of the matter is, although obviously the town is not to blame, he shouldn't of been up there whilst drunk, his father shouldn't of supplied him with alcohol. something does need to be done, every year 1 or 2 people fall from the cliffs, you can't rely on people knowing..its all very well the local people knowing about the cliffs, but the tourists don't, and last time i checked, newquay only survives through tourisim. so some fences are definitly needed, i love newquay, its a great town, i go down there 3 - 5 times a year surfing. but how many more people need to fall to their deaths until something is done. it could be anyone, we all drink too much and do silly things sometimes, its a fact that the town attracts young people, who go out in the evenings alcohol fueled, so lets stop denying it, and get on with some saftey messures,!! asap.”