SLAIN Michael Dwyer was dating a Brazilian girl in Bolivia who has been left traumatised by his death, it emerged yesterday.

AS Tipperary man Michael Dwyer is laid to rest tomorrow, questions still remain unanswered as to why he was shot dead by Bolivian security forces almost two weeks ago.

Hurricane Rita is expected to destroy almost 5,700 homes and affect more than five million Texans when it slams into the US coast overnight, officials said.