Remains of Irish doctor found

THE remains of one of the three young Irish doctors lost in the air crash off Brazil five weeks ago are on their way home after a positive identification was made from a body recovered from the sea.

Dr Jane Deasy, 27, was one of just 51 passengers whose remains have been located since the Air France flight carrying 228 people broke up over the Atlantic on route between Rio de Janeiro and Paris on May 31.

The young doctor was due to start a new job at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital in Dublin today, following in the footsteps of her father, Joseph, a consultant oncologist at Beaumont Hospital in the capital.