Tributes paid to Tipperary man who died following drowning in Portugal

Oleksandr Kurinnyy.

Tributes are being paid to an Irishman who died following a drowning tragedy in Portugal.

Oleksandr Kurinnyy, 44, who was known locally as Alex, drowned while on holiday on the Portuguese island of Madeira off the coast of Africa on Saturday, November 1.