Limerick mother thanks charities helping bring son’s body home from Australia 

Alan Walsh’s remains are expected to land back in Ireland on Tuesday

Alan Walsh, right, with his neighbour and best friend Tom Madden. Both had travelled to Australia in March 2020. Picture: David Raleigh

The mother of a young Limerick man who died suddenly in Australia has thanked two charities who are helping to arrange the repatriation of her son’s body home.

On September 28, Alan Walsh, 26, from Rhebogue Meadows, collapsed and died in the compound of a lithium mine in Perth, Western Australia, where he had been working.