Garda in Thailand in effort to identify tsunami victims

A SENIOR garda will arrive in Thailand today to review ongoing efforts to locate the bodies of the two remaining unidentified Irish tsunami victims.

Lucy Coyle and Michael Murphy disappeared in the 12-foot tidal wave that devastated pockets of southern Thailand and the wider Indian Ocean area on St Stephen’s Day.

Detective Superintendent John O’Driscoll, the Irish liaison officer on these two cases, will visit the Disaster Victim Identification (DVI Centre) at Phuket Island with the Irish Ambassador to Thailand and Malaysia, Dan Mullhall.