Parents’ ‘nightmare’ over missing son in Canada

The parents of a 26-year-old Irishman who is presumed dead after disappearing in the waters of a river in Canada are enduring every family’s worst nightmare, a memorial service has been told.

David Gavin from Castlebar, Co Mayo, has not been seen since diving off a bridge near Lake Kinbasket in British Colombia on June 30. Canadian authorities called off a search last month, although private efforts to find Mr Gavin have continued.

Local priest Fr John McCormack recounted how the tragedy had struck at the lake resort, during a packed service at the Church of the Holy Rosary in Castlebar.