Irishman’s family speak of trauma of having to pick remains from canal

THE family of Irishman Paul Nolan Miralles, who recovered most of his dismembered remains themselves from an Amsterdam canal last week, have said no family should have had to endure their trauma and the horror of “picking up bits of a loved one”.

The 36-year-old from Clonsilla, a photographer and waiter in The Hard Rock Café drowned in a canal after a night out on April 13. He was described at the time as “merrily tipsy” after picking up his bicycle on his way home.

Now the question likely to be asked is whether Amsterdam police could have assisted the family more.