Everything you are reacting to and making judgements about is from second-hand information or more.
Rumours abound of anything from two to seven feet of missing wing are circulating.
Some articles state that the pilot took off from Shannon. Others that he left from Brittas Bay.
Please wait for the official reports to come out before slating the pilot, or in one of your cases making libelous comments about the legality of the flight.
If you don't fly a plane - either go and get a PPL so that you can actually talk informedly about this stuff or leave the analysis to the experts. You're tuppence-worth is a waste of bandwidth.
And if you are pilots and you've mouthed off on something too soon - shame on you.....it might have been you up there.
Rant over.