Remains of NZ quake victim arrive home for burial

THE remains of Irish Christchurch earthquake victim, Eoin McKenna, 41, have finally arrived home, more than a fortnight after a devastating natural disaster caused havoc in his adopted country.

Large crowds in the close-knit Truagh parish in Bracagh, Emyvale, Co Monaghan, are expected to visit the family today to express their sympathies.

The psychiatric nurse and father-of-two children aged five and six died from head injuries when a building collapsed on his car during the 6.5 Richter scale earthquake which struck the New Zealand city on February 22.