Holiday couple unaware of carnage

AN Irish couple on holidays in Bali spent the last three days climbing a mountain, unaware of the carnage.

Yesterday, Alan Farrelly, 26, rang his frantic parents in Bantry, Co Cork, with the news that he and his girlfriend, Julie O’Sullivan, were safe.

Mr Farrelly sent an e-mail home last Thursday saying that he planned to climb a mountain on a nearby island. When there was no further contact after the explosion on Saturday night, the family began to worry. Mr Farrelly’s father said the family had spent the weekend calling his mobile phone and sending text messages.