Irishman among missing

A MAN with Irish citizenship who was working on the United Nation’s (UN) peacekeeping mission in Haiti is missing, feared dead, after last week’s devastating earthquake, it has emerged.

Andrew Grene, a senior UN official, whose mother is from Cavan and who holds dual Irish and American citizenship, was in the UN’s headquarters, which collapsed in last Tuesday’s devastating earthquake.

Dozens of UN staff were killed, including the head of mission in the country.