Heartbroken Irish mum honours ‘special son’ lost on Koh Tao

[Will B Good]

2 hours ago, twizzian said:

one of friends is on his 6th jab, we’re always pleading with him ‘don’t do it’

 

Some guy....in Germany I think....has had over 200!!!!

[Will B Good]

1 hour ago, Docno said:

Guess you must think you win every argument ... "if there's no evidence for my claim, there must be a cover-up"

 

Whoops....soz....that was sarcasm......I was having a go at the conspiracy theorists who seem to abound on here from flat Earthers to covid was all a hoax.

[scubascuba3]

9 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   Sounds like electrocution 

Not necessarily, did he dive that day? Bends?

[The Old Bull]

If I croak in LOS please cremate me. You can ship the ashes anywhere you like in a jar cheap by regular mail. I would not like to have my family try to scratch up $30,000.

[Will B Good]

Just now, The Old Bull said:

If I croak in LOS please cremate me. You can ship the ashes anywhere you like in a jar cheap by regular mail. I would not like to have my family try to scratch up $30,000.

 

Same here....throw the ashes in a ditch...what do I care?

[Nick Carter icp]

1 minute ago, The Old Bull said:

If I croak in LOS please cremate me. You can ship the ashes anywhere you like in a jar cheap by regular mail. I would not like to have my family try to scratch up $30,000.

 

   You really need to be telling your family that 

[Nick Carter icp]

2 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Not necessarily, did he dive that day? Bends?

 

    There's been numerous incidents of people getting electrocuted to death whilst using their phones whilst charging them 

[SiSePuede419]

Died last week?

 

Two years ago a 48 year old British diving instructor died of "natural causes".

 

Weird, huh. 🐒

 

The body of 48 year old diving instructor Neil Giblin, from Birmingham, UK, was found dead in his rented bungalow on the island after he failed to turn up to a diving lesson.

[Nick Carter icp]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Robert “Robby” Kinlan, died unexpectedly on January 9 while on the tropical paradise island of Koh Tao.

 

   Robby didn't know about Koh Tao .

Its not a surprise or unexpected when anyone dies there 

[claffey]

1 hour ago, Thai72 said:

Another tourist from the UK probably with no travel insurance and relying on a go fund me page to get body back to the UK 

He was from Ireland which is not in the UK. 

[off road pat]

5 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Death Island claims another one. I wonder what the circumstances were in this particular case, typically you're diving with a buddy and you just don't hear about too many people at that relatively low level of diving skill dying from scuba.

 

The well deserved reputation of Dark Tao continues. 

Hm, ...He was a free diver. and free diving brings risks, lots of ways dieing by free diving. And mostly without a buddy !!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freediving

 

[claffey]

There is an Irish charity that helps to repatriate bodies of Irish citizens. Any money left over often goes to the charity which is available for the Irish diaspora across the world. If this case is using the charity that's where the excess funds go. It's a wonderful charity which also highlights the community aspect of Ireland and it's citizens abroad. They often repatriate the bodies of people who have no family too. That's why they need extra funds. 

[ujayujay]

6 hours ago, ChipButty said:

Do they know we call that Death Island ? 

You've probably seen too many Thai ghost movies on TV....Note, TV soaps are not real

[claffey]

2 minutes ago, claffey said:

There is an Irish charity that helps to repatriate bodies of Irish citizens. Any money left over often goes to the charity which is available for the Irish diaspora across the world. If this case is using the charity that's where the excess funds go. It's a wonderful charity which also highlights the community aspect of Ireland and it's citizens abroad. They often repatriate the bodies of people who have no family too. That's why they need extra funds. 

https://kbrtrust.com/

[SiSePuede419]

17 minutes ago, claffey said:

He was from Ireland which is not in the UK

Isn't Northern Ireland in the UK? 😄

 

[SiSePuede419]

14 minutes ago, ujayujay said:

You've probably seen too many Thai ghost movies on TV....Note, TV soaps are not real

Koh Tao, Thailand ("Death Island")

 

Reputation: Notorious for a number of mysterious tourist deaths and disappearances over the past decade, some of which remain unsolved.

 

Risks: Alleged corruption, lack of transparent investigations, and reports of accidents, murders, or suicides.

 

Reality: The majority of visitors enjoy their stay safely, but the high-profile cases have led to its ominous nickname.

 

I think it's the "unsolved murders" thing that upsets people. 

 

Every island in the world has people die, including tourists in weird deaths in their hotel rooms, etc. 

 

It would be strange if no one ever died on an island.

 

I'm guessing Port Moresby on PNG is much, much more dangerous than KT. ☠️

[claffey]

5 minutes ago, SiSePuede419 said:

Isn't Northern Ireland in the UK? 😄

 

Indeed. However this young man was from County Clare which is in Ireland. 

[Nick Carter icp]

31 minutes ago, ujayujay said:

You've probably seen too many Thai ghost movies on TV....Note, TV soaps are not real

 

   But the many people suspiciously dying on Kao Tao is indeed real 

[Iron Tongue]

1 hour ago, Thai72 said:

Another tourist from the UK probably with no travel insurance and relying on a go fund me page to get body back to the UK 

Until you know the difference between Ireland and the UK, perhaps you should shut the H up and not broadcast your ignorance.

[stevenl]

5 hours ago, SunsetT said:

Diving is probably listed as a dangerous activity and would not be covered by insurance.

 

No, it is hardly ever.

[stevenl]

6 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Why go diving there in the first place?

 

In the spirit of safety, I think it would be better to fly to The Bahamas.

Good diving there.

And, probably, much safer.

 

The Caribbean is also a very nice place to visit and dive.

Better than Thailand, by far, just IMHO.

 

Virgin Islands, for example.

 

 

 

 

The life on koh tao is much, much nicer than it is on the Bahamas.

[Justanotherone]

go fund here, go fund there... no insurance ?

[GammaGlobulin]

17 minutes ago, stevenl said:

The life on koh tao is much, much nicer than it is on the Bahamas.

 

Not sure about the Bahamas, if you insist....

 

But, what about the Virgin Islands, and other islands in that part of the world?

 

 

[Irish made]

7 hours ago, Nick Carter icp said:

They wanted to raise 25 000 Euros .

They have already raised 37 000 Euros .

The go fund me is still open for more donations ,

The average cost for body repatriations is 4000 Euros .

Maybe they want to repatriate ALL those who have died on Koa Tao ?

Maybe he was such a nice guy that he's binging Hannah Witheridge and David Miller and all the others back with him ?

That’s a horrible comment to make. The young man’s family are suffering enough, I sincerely hope they don’t see your nasty comment, you should be ashamed of yourself. 

[HK MacPhooey]

5 hours ago, pub2022 said:

 

Maybe he's Christian?

What difference does that make? Many posters like to tell Buddhists to RIP when it should be something like ‘happy reincarnation’ 

[Kinok Farang]

8 hours ago, Will B Good said:

Horrible thing to say?

 

But when these men die (almost always men)....it is amazing how wonderful, friendly and loving they all are..... they are never total scoundrels whom everyone despised......maybe it's true?......only the good die young......maybe why I'm approaching my 70's, fit and healthy.

Me,me me.

[simon43]

The caskets in the temples usually rest on a cold plate powered by electric.  Bit like fish at the fish market....

[GoodieAfterDark]

9 hours ago, kingstonkid said:

 

Yu hve to assume that if he was a member of a dive club in Ireland that he knew what he was doing.  Hopefully they are able to find out what happened.  I am sort of surprised that thee was not an autopsy.  The cause of death must have been really obvious.

 

"Vaxxed and in cold waters? Good luck!

[Gottfrid]

9 hours ago, webfact said:

The community’s generosity has been overwhelming, raising over 30,000 euros (1.07 million baht) to date in the effort to bring Robby’s remains home, reported the Irish Examiner. If you wish to contribute to this heartfelt cause, you can donate via the GoFundMe page.

Here we can clearly see she is not paying any tribute. Just commercial to get more money.

[frank83628]

3 hours ago, SiSePuede419 said:

Died last week?

 

Two years ago a 48 year old British diving instructor died of "natural causes".

 

Weird, huh. 🐒

 

The body of 48 year old diving instructor Neil Giblin, from Birmingham, UK, was found dead in his rented bungalow on the island after he failed to turn up to a diving lesson.

What has Neil got to do with this?