The Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that an Irish passport holder was on board the Nepal plane crash.
The man, who was travelling on an Irish passport, has been named locally as as Ruan Callum Crighton. A spokesman for the Department of Foreign Affairs told Dublin Live: "The Department of Foreign Affairs can confirm that an individual indicated in reports as being Irish is a UK national.
"The UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is providing consular support. Our deepest sympathies go to all those who have been affected by this tragic plane crash.”
