Stranded Irish tourists to make own way home

More than a dozen Irish tourists stranded in Thailand when fog closed an airport in Abu Dhabi are to make their own way home after giving up on Etihad Airways.

Cork senior hurler Conor O’Sullivan and his girlfriend Caroline McCarthy were among the stranded holidaymakers who were last night facing a marathon three-flight, 24-hour journey home from Phuket.

O’Sullivan lashed out at Etihad for its handling of the situation.