Govt to fund Thailand trip for tsunami victims' relatives

The Government is to pay for relatives of the four Irish victims of the south-east Asia tsunami to attend a remembrance service in Thailand, it emerged today.

Govt to fund Thailand trip for tsunami victims' relatives
Sun, 13 Nov, 2005 - 15:44

The Government is to pay for relatives of the four Irish victims of the south-east Asia tsunami to attend a remembrance service in Thailand, it emerged today.

Dermot Ahern, Foreign Affairs Minister, said €20,000 had been made available to enable families to travel to the St Stephen’s Day memorial.

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CourtsHeathrowPlace: ThailandPlace: south-east AsiaPlace: SouthPlace: St Stephen’s Day memorialPlace: BallyfermotPlace: DublinPlace: Glenageary,Place: LondonPlace: BlackwaterPlace: WexfordPlace: CookstownPlace: KrabiPlace: Sri LankaPlace: IndiaPlace: Indian OceanPerson: Dermot AhernPerson: Foreign Affairs MinisterPerson: Eilis FinneganPerson: Barry MurphyPerson: Lucy CoylePerson: Michael MurphyPerson: Conor KeightleyPerson: AhernPerson: Chris FloodEvent: tsunamiEvent: -east AsiaEvent: New YearOrganisation: Irish GovernmentOrganisation: Thai governmentOrganisation: United AirlinesOrganisation: Department of Foreign ffairs
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