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United Arab Emirates

Two Irish people have died in Dubai

A spokesperson for the Department of Foreign Affairs said it’s providing consular assistance to the family.

Updated at 9pm

THE DEPARTMENT OF Foreign Affairs has confirmed that two people have died in Dubai.

A spokesperson for the department said it’s providing consular assistance to the family, but could not confirm the family relationship or what had happened.

It’s understood that a woman and her young son were involved in the incident.

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Two Irish people have died in Dubai

Read: Anger in France after court rules that 11-year-old girl ‘consented to sex’

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