Cork father drowns in Thailand
By Catherine Shanahan
Irish Examiner Reporter

KOH TAO: -- A Corkman has drowned in a diving accident at the island of Koh Tao in the Gulf of Thailand.

Colin Callanan, 29, from Innishannon, West Cork, who has a six-year-old son, had been on business in Thailand prior to the tragic accident at the weekend.

A project manager with Australian company AMS services and maintenance, Mr Callanan, who is based in Perth, had been researching a project on behalf of AMS.

The company services industrial air conditioning units.

He decided to go diving during his time off.

It was unclear yesterday how the accident happened or whether Mr Callanan was alone at the time.

His body has been recovered.

A spokesperson for the Department of Foreign Affairs said they were “providing consular assistance” to the family.

Full story: http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/cork-father-drowns-in-thailand-228376.html

-- Irish Examiner 2013-04-15

Very sad for his son. Condolences. I would think as Irish usually are not avid divers due to weather and water constraints, this could have been an inexperienced tragic 'adventure'. I hope his son was spared the sight of recovery of the body...

as is so often the case with TV members, knowledge is sorely lacking - ireland (I'm Irish) has some of the best diving sites in Europe and with the continental stream, the water temperature remains constant throughout the year, but a dry suit is needed.

If the guy was residing in Perth, the east coast of Australia has some of the best diving in Australia and the sites tend to be void of divers (spent a year diving the west coast)

as is so often the case with TV members, knowledge is sorely lacking - ireland (I'm Irish) has some of the best diving sites in Europe and with the continental stream, the water temperature remains constant throughout the year, but a dry suit is needed.

If the guy was residing in Perth, the east coast of Australia has some of the best diving in Australia and the sites tend to be void of divers (spent a year diving the west coast)

Agreed with reserves but look at the conditions under which people dive. It is not a major tourist attraction in Ireland as it is in Thailand. Compare apples with apples if you want to test someones lacking knowledge. The main diving populace in the North Sea and Atlantic is commercial, not tourism.

Back on topic please.It's not I'm right you are wrong subject.

@LocationThailand

You could not be more wrong. The British Isles has some of the best diving in the world, particularly around the more rugged inaccessible places to the west. Perhaps you should look up the books by Kendal MacDonald & read his preface on the opening cover to see where i'm coming from...

Condolances to the family.

Strange that they do not know if he was with anyone ? first rule of diving is to never go alone.

Strange that they do not know if he was with anyone ? first rule of diving is to never go alone.

OMG. First of all my condolence to a fellow Irishman and fellow Cork man and I feel very sad for him and his family. Please stop your armchair speculation and show some respect to him and his family. I now live in the West coast of Ireland where diving is massive and yes we have diving tourism as does Cork both Kinsale and Killkee Co.Clare spring to mind. I have been to Tao and yes I have snorkeled there and yes on my own as I was close the shore but does it matter this poor guy is dead RIP.

My condolences to the man and his family.Never nice to hear of the death of a fellow countryman

My condolences to the man and his family.Never nice to hear of the death of a fellow countryman

Ditto.

RIP to a fellow diver.

Solo diving (if that's what he was doing) is quite

common with experienced divers and there is

an actual course through one of the major diving agencies.

Shame for a boy to lose his father...

Would also like to express my condolences to a fellow Irish man, very sad!

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rip mate

Speculative post & reply deleted. It was a diving incident, please keep all the other conspiracy, speculative comments to yourselves & have some respect.