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20/01/2010
Ireland Mourns Haiti Loss
It has been confirmed that the Irish citizen who died alongside tens of thousands of local people in the Haiti earthquake was married to a Co Down woman.
Andrew Grene, who was working for the United Nations died when the office building he was working in collapsed.
The Republic's Foreign Minister Micheal Martin (pictured here) led tributes to Mr Grene, who was assistant to the head of the UN mission in the Caribbean state and had been posted missing since the disaster struck.
Yesterday, the 44-year-old's body was identified and his family in Ireland and the United States – where he also held citizenship – have been informed.
Mr Martin said: "Andrew is part of a long and honourable Irish tradition of public service with the United Nations. His family, and indeed Ireland, can be very proud of his work."
Mr Grene was born in Chicago and lived in Belturbet, Co Cavan, as a child. He later studied at Trinity College Dublin.
He was married with two boys – Patrick, 20 and Alex, 18 – and a girl Rosamund, aged 14.
His wife Jennifer is from Co Down originally but the family had been living in the US.
The UN has launched an appeal for $562m (£346m) intended to help three million people for six months, most of whom are thought to need emergency relief.
Yesterday it emerged that the Dean of Belfast's Haiti disaster appeal had doubled the original target by raising over £50,000 in just a few days.
See: Haiti Disaster Echoes 'How Earth Made Us'
(BMcC/GK)
Andrew Grene, who was working for the United Nations died when the office building he was working in collapsed.
The Republic's Foreign Minister Micheal Martin (pictured here) led tributes to Mr Grene, who was assistant to the head of the UN mission in the Caribbean state and had been posted missing since the disaster struck.
Yesterday, the 44-year-old's body was identified and his family in Ireland and the United States – where he also held citizenship – have been informed.
Mr Martin said: "Andrew is part of a long and honourable Irish tradition of public service with the United Nations. His family, and indeed Ireland, can be very proud of his work."
Mr Grene was born in Chicago and lived in Belturbet, Co Cavan, as a child. He later studied at Trinity College Dublin.
He was married with two boys – Patrick, 20 and Alex, 18 – and a girl Rosamund, aged 14.
His wife Jennifer is from Co Down originally but the family had been living in the US.
The UN has launched an appeal for $562m (£346m) intended to help three million people for six months, most of whom are thought to need emergency relief.
Yesterday it emerged that the Dean of Belfast's Haiti disaster appeal had doubled the original target by raising over £50,000 in just a few days.
See: Haiti Disaster Echoes 'How Earth Made Us'
(BMcC/GK)
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