Teacher killed in NY fall was due to return home

THE young Irish schoolteacher who was killed in a tragic New York rooftop fall on Friday was due to return to Ireland today it has emerged.

Teacher killed in NY fall was due to return home

The family of 27-year-old Brian Forde, from Athenry in Co Galway, had been planning to celebrate his return to the local area today after a holiday to the US.

However, after a tragic accident in which he lost his life, this morning Mr Forde’s loved ones are instead making arrangements with the Department of Foreign Affairs to bring his body home.

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