Irish families travel to Thailand for tsunami memorials

FAMILY members of three of the four Irish victims of the tsunami attended the official memorial ceremonies in Thailand yesterday.

Parents and relatives of Michael Murphy, 24, Lucy Coyle, 29, and Conor Keightley, 30, chose to travel for interfaith services organised by the Thai government.

However, the family of the fourth victim, Eilis Finnegan, 27, wished to avoid the large-scale, though deeply moving, ceremonies and will instead travel to Thailand early in the new year.