Brothers who survived 2004 tsunami to open Sri Lanka children’s home

Two brothers orphaned in the St Stephen’s Day tsunami 10 years ago are set to open a children’s home dedicated to their parents in the country they lost their lives.

Robert and Paul Forkan were in Sri Lanka with their father Kevin, mother Sandra, and two younger siblings when the 9.1-magnitude earthquake struck in the Indian Ocean, triggering deadly tidal waves which battered coastlines across Asia.

Robert, who was 17 at the time, survived the disaster along with Paul, then 15, brother Mattie, 12, and 8-year-old sister Rosie, but their parents were killed.