Gerard back after China crisis

“IT’S great to be back.” These words summed up the relief of a 42-year-old language school director who returned home to Kerry at the weekend after an enforced 10-week stay in China.

Gerard Deasy was warmly hugged and kissed by his wife, Teresa, and daughters, Tara, six, and Sinead, four, when they travelled to Dublin Airport to meet him after his ordeal.

A tearful but happy Teresa, who has been hoping since before Christmas that her husband would be allowed home, said the last week felt like the longest one in her life.