The man who drowned yesterday alongside his sister in Ballybunion, Co Kerry has been named as Dessie Byrne.
Dessie, in his 50s and from Athlone in Co Westmeath, got into difficulty while swimming in the sea and both he and his sister perished in what has been described as a "tragedy beyond belief".
His sister, in her 60s and not named as of yet, is believed to have been living and working in Malmo in Sweden and the pair were holidaying in the southwest away from Mr Byrne's home in Lecarrow, Co Roscommon.
