Andrew Grene funeral to take place today

The funeral is due to take place later today of the Irishman killed in the Haitian earthquake.

The funeral is due to take place later today of the Irishman killed in the Haitian earthquake.

UN aid worker Andrew Grene died when the UN building in Port-au-Prince collapsed.

A citizen of both Ireland and the US, Mr Grene was special assistant to the head of the UN stabilisation mission in Haiti.

The father-of-three was attending a meeting in the UN headquarters building in Port-au-Prince when the earthquake struck on January 12.

Three days later his body was recovered along with those of at least 70 other UN workers.

Mr Grene's remains were flown back to Ireland yesterday and taken to his family home in Derrycark, Co Cavan.

He will be buried today after a funeral service in Belturbet at 2.30pm.

His family has asked for donations to the Andrew Grene Foundation, a charity dedicated to educating Haitian children.

It is now thought that more than 200,000 were killed in the disaster, with tens of thousands of bodies still trapped under the rubble of the ruined city and surrounding areas.

Up to 150,000 tents are due to be distributed this week, to improve conditions for the tens of thousands left homeless.

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