Missing Irish UN man confirmed dead

THE Government yesterday paid tribute to United Nations worker Andrew Grene after it was confirmed he had been killed in the devastating Haiti earthquake.

The 44-year-old had been working for the UN mission in the Caribbean island and was in the UN Headquarters building at a meeting when the quake struck.

Born in Chicago to an Irish father, and an Irish passport holder, Grene was schooled in Belturbert in Co Cavan and was a regular visitor to Ireland.