text: The search was launched after the coastguard received reports from an individual claiming to be in difficulty off the coast of County Down.
  Two RNLI boats and a coastguard helicopter from Scotland were launched to assist in the search.
  The kayaker was reported to be near Mew Island, one of the Copeland Islands near Donaghadee.
  A coastguard spokesman said it received several calls from a person claiming to be in difficulty.
  However, the alarm was declared to be a hoax following a thorough search.
target: The coastguard has called off a search for a kayaker after it declared the alarm an "elaborate hoax".