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Irish Times, 13th September 2007
A volunteer aid worker deployed last week under the Goverrnment's Rapid Response initiative has died suddenly in Sri Lanka, writes Rory Fitzgerald, Foreign Affairs Correspondent. Conor Lyons, the first member of the Rapid Response Corps to be deployed overseas, arrived in Colombo on September 3rd to work with the UN World Food Programme for three months.
It is understood Mr Lyon, a logistics expert from Thurles, Co Tipperary, passed away in the Sri Lankin capital yesterday morning.
He had previously worked with Irish aid agency Goal in Sri Lanka, in addition to spells with the UN in Liberia, Kosovo and East Timor.
Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern and Master of State Michael Kitt offered theirsympathies to Mr Lyons's wife and family.
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