A young Irishman shot dead by Bolivian police over an alleged plot to assassinate the country's president was a good-natured, loving son and brother, his Funeral Mass heard today.

The Irish man shot dead by Bolivian police two weeks ago is due to be laid to rest in Co. Tipperary today.

A post mortem examination is to be carried out Monday on the body of an Irishman who was shot by police in Bolivia last week.

The remains of Co Tipperary man Michael Dwyer, who was shot dead by police in Bolivia last week, have been flown home to Ireland.

The manager of the hotel in Bolivia where Michael Dwyer was shot dead has said he did not see any weapon in the Irishman's room after it was stormed by security forces.

The family of an Irish man gunned down by Bolivian police tonight backed calls for an international probe into the killing.

Irish diplomats are to meet senior Bolivian government officials tomorrow for high-level talks on the killing of Michael Dwyer, it emerged tonight.

European Affairs Minister Dick Roche says there is no evidence that the Tipperary man killed in Bolivia was ever involved in any criminality.

Efforts are underway today to make arrangements to bring home the body of a Tipperary man shot dead by police in Bolivia.

An official from the Department of Foreign Affairs has arrived in Bolivia to investigate reports that an Irish man was killed as police thwarted an alleged assassination plot against the country's president.