Revealed: Bizarre requests received at foreign affairs

ONE man wanted to know where he could watch rugby in Thailand while a woman sought advice on how long to sunbathe safely on Sydney’s Bondi Beach. Then there was the mother with the slightly more pressing concern: whether her son’s girlfriend was cheating.

The Department of Foreign Affairs is well-versed in assisting Irish people who find themselves in difficulty abroad, but some of the requests it has received this year border on the bizarre.

Now it has released details of some of the more unusual cases.