Friends pay tribute to Bahrain capsize victim

Colleagues tonight paid tribute to the Irish man who drowned when a tourist boat sank off the coast of Bahrain in the Persian Gulf.

Friends pay tribute to Bahrain capsize victim
Fri, 31 Mar, 2006 - 20:40
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Colleagues tonight paid tribute to the Irish man who drowned when a tourist boat sank off the coast of Bahrain in the Persian Gulf.

Derek Cunningham, 52, and his Thai wife Orathai, are among the 57 confirmed dead who perished when the al-Dana vessel capsized less than 1.5km off the coast last night.

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