Family of Wexford victim of air crash demand better safety measures

Relatives of an Irish tourist killed in an aircraft accident in New Zealand have joined others in writing to the country’s prime minister to urge him to bring in stronger safety enforcement.

The parents of the four tourists who died – Patrick Byrne, 26, of Co Wexford, 24-year-old web designer Bradley Coker, of Farnborough, Hampshire, England, Glen Bourke, 18, of Australia, and Annika Kirsten Schmidt, 23, of Germany - wrote to Prime Minister John Key calling for action.