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NI man drowns while on honeymoon | NI man drowns while on honeymoon |
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A County Tyrone man has drowned while on honeymoon in Cyprus. | A County Tyrone man has drowned while on honeymoon in Cyprus. |
Eamon McGlinchey, 38, from Coalisland was married on 21 June and had been on holiday with his wife, Sinead. | Eamon McGlinchey, 38, from Coalisland was married on 21 June and had been on holiday with his wife, Sinead. |
Sinn Féin MLA Michelle O'Neill, who knows the family, said it was a tragedy. "He was a well liked young man who got on with everybody," she said. | Sinn Féin MLA Michelle O'Neill, who knows the family, said it was a tragedy. "He was a well liked young man who got on with everybody," she said. |
"They just got married Saturday week ago and many people from the area attended the wedding and celebrated it with them." | "They just got married Saturday week ago and many people from the area attended the wedding and celebrated it with them." |
A spokesman from the department said a post mortem examination would be carried out later today on Mr McGlinchey to determine the exact cause of death. | |
The body of the father-of-one will be then flown home so funeral arrangements can get underway. | |
Father John Burns said the whole community was in mourning for the McGlinchey family. | |
"For Sinead and his mother and father, our thoughts are with them during this difficult and tragic circumstance," he said. |