The Government is to pay for relatives of the four Irish victims of the south-east Asia tsunami to attend a remembrance service in Thailand, it emerged today.

The family of an Irishman killed in the Asian tsunami is travelling to Thailand today to help survivors of the December 26 disaster.

The remains of the Co Wexford man missing since the Asian tsunami is to be flown home from Thailand early next week.

THE brother of a 23-year-old Wexford man missing since a tsunami devastated South Asia said the discovery of his remains yesterday was still a shock, four months after the tragedy.

THE third Irish victim of the Indian Ocean tsunami was laid to rest yesterday after an agonising four-month wait by her heartbroken family.

IRISH diplomatic officials travelled to Thailand yesterday to commemorate the thousands who died in the tsunami disaster over two months ago.

A SENIOR garda will arrive in Thailand today to review ongoing efforts to locate the bodies of the two remaining unidentified Irish tsunami victims.

The Government is committed to setting up an Irish Honorary Consul in Phuket, Thailand, Foreign Affairs Minister Dermot Ahern said today.

The Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has acknowledged the Irish public's generous response to the St Stephen's Day tsunami disaster in the Indian Ocean.

The body of Conor Keightley, the second confirmed Irish victim of the Asian tsunami, is due to be flown back to Ireland today.

Distraught relatives of two Irish people missing since the tsunami struck South-East Asia are still waiting for any trace of their loved ones, it was confirmed today.

The father of tsunami victim Conor Keightley has been telling how lucky his family is to have found his son’s body.

Foreign Affairs Minister Dermot Ahern has expressed his sadness at the death of Tyrone man Conor Keightley in the south Asian tsunami disaster.

Officials in Thailand have positively identified the body of Tyrone man Conor Keightley, who had been missing since the St Stephen's Day tsunami disaster.

Relatives of a 30-year-old Co Tyrone man feared killed in the Asian tsunami disaster have said they believe his remains may have been found in a mortuary at the Thai resort of Krabi.

Noel Baker, Krabi, Thailand

Thai authorities are doing everything in their power to discover the fate of the three Irish people caught up in the Asian tsunamis, Foreign Affairs Minister Dermot Ahern claimed today.

THE body of Eilís Finnegan, the only confirmed Irish victim of the Asian disaster, returned home yesterday.

The body of the Irish woman killed in the St Stephen's Day tsunami disaster in the Indian Ocean is being flown home today.

FOREIGN Affairs Minister Dermot Ahern and the heads of four major aid agencies will travel to Asia tomorrow for a tour of countries devastated by the tsunami.

International governments must adopt a sensible approach to climate change following the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster, Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness claimed today.

Millions of people throughout Ireland and the rest of the European Union are due to observe a three-minute silence at 11am for the victims of the St Stephen's Day tsunami in the Indian Ocean.

THE families of three Irish people missing in Thailand for more than a week are expected to continue their grim searches of makeshift morgues following the discovery yesterday of this country’s first victim.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern has called for three minutes’ silence to be observed tomorrow at 11am in memory of the victims of the Asian tsunami.