Irishman dies in freak hotel accident

An Irish tourist has died in hospital three weeks after he suffered serious head injuries in a freak accident at a hotel in South Africa.

An Irish tourist has died in hospital three weeks after he suffered serious head injuries in a freak accident at a hotel in South Africa.

58-year-old Colm Foley, a businessman from Co Kerry, tripped and impaled himself on an ice bucket stand in the hotel in Cape Town on March 20.

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