Fun-loving Irish student drowns in Toronto lake

The 20-YEAR-OLD Irish student who drowned in a Toronto lake in a tragic accident has been named as Paraic McKeown from Co Louth.

He had been working in Canada for the summer with Irish friends and was due to return home next week, The young man had been employed by the Liberty Entertainment Group as a security guard at two of the company’s waterfront restaurants on Lake Ontario.

A Canadian colleague said yesterday he was part of a close-knit group of young, fun-loving friends.