We posted youtubes of these Irish BASE jumping videos on Friday, depicting Cedric Dumont jumping from the Harland and Wolff Shipyard in Belfast, the Kippure broadcast mast in Wicklow and the M50 toll bridge in Dublin. Now it appears Red Bull, who sponsored the jumps is in trouble with Irish authorities over the unauthorised and probably quite illegal jumps. The Sunday Times reports:

National Toll Roads (NTR) said it was appalled at Red Bull and Dumont for performing the stunt on the Westlink. “This extremely dangerous stunt was totally unauthorised,” said NTR. “It’s an incredibly stupid act. They have shown no concern for health and safety. They’ve also shown no concern for fellow drivers by parking their car where there is no hard shoulder. That is illegal, as is climbing on the railings. We will be pursuing this matter.”

The “base” in base jumping is an acronym for building, antenna, span, earth. Dumont’s four jumps will cover each of these letters — the M50 bridge jump completed the ‘s’, but the earlier ‘a’ jump off the Kippure broadcast mast on the Dublin-Wicklow border is set to land him in hot water too.

RTE said it was “absolutely livid” after viewing the online video of Dumont climbing over security fencing before diving off the 110-metre high mast. It is understood that RTE Transmission Network (RTENL), which owns the mast, has forwarded the video to gardai in Bray and asked them to investigate.