A young Irish man, 21, who tragically drowned on Thursday while on holiday abroad was the "nicest, most harmless person you could meet" who "never stopped smiling," his friends have told Galway Beo.
Cian McHale, who was originally from Castlebar in Mayo but had lived around the Headford Road area of Galway for several years, was having the holiday of his life in Crete, Greece with his friends when tragedy struck.
Tragic Cian, who would have turned 22 in August, was swimming in an area off the coast of Hersonissos when he suddenly lost consciousness and was swept out to sea by the strong currents.
