Man caught fatal disease during 40th anniversary trip

A retired Limerick man has died from legionnaires’ disease which he caught when he and his wife went for a meal in a hotel in Chicago during a visit to the US last month.

The funeral of Tom Keane, aged 66, a retired plumber with Limerick City Council, will take place in Limerick tomorrow.

He became ill with a chest complaint on his return from the US on Jul 31. After being admitted to the Mid-Western Regional Hospital, he was diagnosed with legionnaires’ disease, from which he died on Wednesday.