Ballybunion drowning victim recalled as a wonderful partner and father and a friend to all 

Dessie Byrne and his sister Muriel Eriksson drowned off the beach in Ballybunion, Co Kerry, last Friday.

The man who died trying to save his sister from drowning has been remembered as “a wonderful partner, a father, a brother, an uncle and a friend to all”.

Dessie Byrne’s nephew Keith broke down repeatedly as he paid tribute to the 53-year-old carpenter who died in Ballybunion last Thursday trying to save his 62-year-old sister, Muriel.