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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Sean Ryan

Funds raised to bring body of Irish nurse home after hiking tragedy in Australia

A GoFundMe page set up to repatriate the remains of an Irish born nurse who died in a hiking accident in Australia has raised over €25,000.

Donations are pouring into a fund to raise monies to cover the repatriation of the remains of Achill-born nurse Fiona Lavelle (41) who died tragically while hiking in Western Australia last week.

Fiona, who had emigrated to Perth a number of years ago, went missing on Tuesday last while hiking in the Cape Le Grand National Park.

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