Latvians thank Irish for ‘help and support’

THE Latvian Government has thanked the Irish people for their help and sympathy following the deaths of four Latvians in a road accident earlier this year.

Latvian Foreign Minister Artis Pabriks handed the letter to Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern at an EU meeting in Luxembourg.

In the letter, Mr Pabriks acknowledged that the tragedy in Donegal on February 18 and other incidents had been extensively covered by the media in both Ireland and Latvia.