After searching through thousands of bodies, man finds girlfriend’s body

THE body of a missing Irish woman has been identified in Thailand after her boyfriend and family searched through thousands of decomposing bodies in numerous make-shift morgues.

The Department of Foreign Affairs last night confirmed the body of Dublin woman Eilís Finnegan, the first Irish victim of the tsunami disaster, had been positively identified.

The 27-year-old former flight attendant from Ballyfermot, was on holiday with her boyfriend on Phi Phi Island. The couple had arrived just 40 minutes before the first tsunami struck.