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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
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Sara Rountree Deputy Online Editor & Cathal Ryan

Irish teacher who died after falling from balcony in Thailand named as Cork man

An Irish man who died after he tragically fell from a balcony in Thailand has been named as 41-year-old Cork native Colm McCarthy.

Colm, who was a teacher originally from Douglas, passed away on Friday morning after he fell from the balcony of the apartment he was living in in Bangkok.

He had been working as an English teacher at a local school in the Bang Khae district of the city. It has been reported that he moved to Bangkok to teach English, and to be closer to his son, CorkBeo reports.

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