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Oz hotel flood Irishman dies
AN IRISHMAN who said his life by nIck bramhIll was ruined after he was fined for causing more than €300,000 flooded the building. The resultworth of damage to an Australian ant flooding at the Fraser Place hotel has been found dead. Hotel in Melbourne caused an esThe circumstances surrounding timated €340,000 (Aus$500,000) the death of Padraig Gaffney were worth of damage and led the still unconfirmed last night, but building to be evacuated. the Australian-based Irish Echo The court heard Mr Gaffney, a reported that the 29-year-old, construction worker, was heavily originally from Lanesborough, intoxicated at the time, but Chief Co Longford, died on Wednesday, Judge Michael Rozenes accepted the day after he faced court in he had no malicious intent to Melbourne. cause damage and said it was a The Department of Foreign Af- stupid act he would never have fairs confirmed it was offering considered had he been sober. consular assistance to Speaking after his his family. conviction, Mr GaffMr Gaffney, the ney said he felt his life youngest of six chilhad been destroyed. dren, had pleaded He said: ‘The entire guilty to criminal damthing has ruined my age in court last Tueslife completely. I’ve day and was fined over spent ten years in Aus€6,700 (Aus$10,000) tralia trying to better over an incident in myself and in the April last year when space of one night he turned on a fire hyeverything can be takdrant in a hotel and Tragic: Padraig Gaffney en away from you.’
HEARTSTOPPING: Kasey Smith performs at last night’s Eurovision Song Contest semifinal in Copenhagen, Denmark. Irish hearts were broken as Can-Linn failed to make it through to the final with the song Heartbeat PICTURE: lIna aRvIdsson
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