Irish survivor to arrive in Oz after dramatic escape

LIMERICK tsunami survivor Triona O’Neill and her family are expected to arrive in Australia tomorrow following her dramatic escape from the disaster.

Triona, 30, from Clareview, her Australian husband Nick, 33, and 16-month-old son managed to flee the danger by first evacuating the guests from the hotel they manage before they ran for the hills as the 20ft (6m) waves struck.

Her New South Walesbased father-in-law Arthur Shannon yesterday told how he expected the family to make it out of stricken Samoa by the weekend. “We hope they will be back on Saturday,” he said. “They were able to get a message out this morning and sent my daughter a text telling her they would be home.”