Birthday cruise for Bailieboro man ends in tragedy

Kenneth Gemmell who went missing off the coast of Mexico last Friday following a tragic accident on a cruise ship.

A heartbroken Bailieborough couple are hoping that the search for their son off the coast of Mexico will offer some comfort after he fell from a cruise ship in the Caribbean.

Kenneth Gemmell had taken the luxury cruise to coincide with his 30th birthday on February 1. But what should have been a cause for celebration turned to tragedy, as he fell from the eleventh floor of the huge ocean liner named Allure of the Sea on Friday morning, February 3.

Full story in this week's Anglo-Celt.