Daughter's warning after father's asbestos-linked death

A daughter of a plumber who died from asbestos exposure tonight warned many more people may be walking around unaware they were exposed to the lethal fibres decades ago.

A daughter of a plumber who died from asbestos exposure tonight warned many more people may be walking around unaware they were exposed to the lethal fibres decades ago.

John Byrne, 59, from Blackrock in Dublin, died from a tumour in the chest on June 19, 2005 after being exposed to asbestos 40 years earlier in his work as a plumber.

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