A young Waterford man has died in a drowning incident in Thailand. The victim, has been named David Houlihan from Dungarvan, Co Waterford. He was aged 24.

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The trial of two Burmese men charged in connection with the murder of two British tourists in Thailand has been adjourned to July.

Police on the resort island of Koh Tao in southern Thailand stepped up their hunt for the killer of two British tourists whose bodies were found on a beach.

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A Corkman has drowned in a diving accident at the island of Koh Tao in the Gulf of Thailand.

EVEN in troubled times, tourism in Thailand appears to be flourishing with the numbers of Irish travellers increasing year on year.

SOUTHERN Thailand is facing more torrential rain after downpours killed at least 15 people and forced the navy to help evacuate hundreds of stranded tourists.

THREE teachers who survived a plane crash in Thailand touched down on home soil yesterday for an emotional reunion with family and friends.

Three teachers who survived a plane crash in Thailand touched down on home soil today for an emotional reunion with family and friends.

A YOUNG Irish woman has described how she and her friends were lucky to escape serious harm when freak weather conditions caused a Thai plane to crash land, injuring passengers and killing the pilot.

THREE Irish women last night told how they climbed through mangled wreckage suffering only cuts and bruises after the plane they were on crashed in Thailand.

AN airliner crashed into the control tower after landing on the Thai holiday island of Samui yesterday, killing the pilot.

Three Irish women tonight told how they climbed through mangled wreckage suffering only cuts and bruises after the plane they were on crashed in Thailand.

THESE may be troubled times, but the travel industry is ploughing ahead with plans to keep the “ship” afloat over the next six months or so.

THE totally Irish-owned travel company Topflight are ! ski specialists but they have moved carefully into the summer overseas holiday market during the last 20 years as well.

Police arrested two Britons and a Thai government official today for alleged extortion, money-laundering and illegal land deals on the popular resort island of Koh Samui.

A Thai court today convicted two Thai fishermen for raping and murdering a British tourist at a Thai beach resort and sentenced them to death.

Two Thai fishermen arrested for the rape and premeditated murder of a British tourist earlier this month on the southern resort island of Koh Samui pleaded guilty on both charges today when charged in court.

An inquest into the death in Thailand of backpacker Katherine Horton was formally opened and adjourned today.

The trial of two Thai fishermen who allegedly raped and killed British student Katherine Horton will be accelerated to restore Thailand’s tarnished reputation, police said today.

Investigators trying to identify the killer of a British woman found murdered on a beach in southern Thailand today started taking DNA samples from fisherman on boats near the beach where her mobile phone was found.

The father of a British university student whose body was found earlier this week on a Thai resort island today urged anyone with information on his daughter’s death to come forward.

A British woman whose body was found in the sea near the Thai resort island of Koh Samui had been beaten and dragged before drowning, a forensics doctor said today.

Rescue workers today recovered the body of an Australian tourist from the sea near the southern Thai resort island of Koh Samui, ending a search for those missing after a speedboat capsized earlier this week.

THE FATHER of a woman who died in a scooter accident in Thailand yesterday paid tribute to the friends and neighbours who raised funds to bring her remains home.

An Irish man died at a popular beach resort in Thailand after a fall which followed a two week illness, it emerged today.

Thai police are investigating the alleged rape of two Irish women on the holiday island of Koh Samui.

Nine British tourists have reported they have been raped in Thailand since the beginning of last year, the British Embassy in Bangkok said today.