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.

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 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.

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.

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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.

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

The team appointed by the Government to visit the areas of south Asia affected by the St Stephen's Day tsunami is due to depart for the region later today.

It has been confirmed that the body of Eilis Finnegan will be brought home to Ireland on Friday.

Two senior gardaí are due to depart for Thailand in the next 24 hours to aid the search for Irish people missing following the St Stephen's Day tsunami disaster.

Thousands of people throughout Ireland have taken part in a three-minute silence for the victims of the St Stephen's Day tsunami disaster in the Indian Ocean.

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.

THE body of a missing Irish woman has been identified in Thailand after her boyfriend and family searched through thousands of decomposing bodies in numerous make-shift morgues.

The body of the first Irish victim of the Asian tsunami was found in Thailand today.

The Government is to consider increasing its €10m donation to the victims of the Asian tsunami, Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern said today.

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

The Government is to take DNA samples from the relatives of Irish people missing following the tsunami disaster in the Indian Ocean as part of efforts to find Irish casualties among the dead.

TEARS of joy were shed at Dublin Airport yesterday when four young Irishwomen caught up in the weekend earthquake in Thailand were reunited with their families.