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Northern Irish doctor among four killed in Scottish Highland avalanche

Una Finnegan from Antrim was killed while walking with friends near Glencoe

RACHAEL LAIRD,

IrishCentral Intern

Published Tuesday, January 22, 2013, 8:01 AM

Updated Tuesday, January 22, 2013, 8:01 AM

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Una Finnegan, from Antrim, died during an avalanche in the Scottish Highlands

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Ms Finnegan won a shield for debating at school and was deeply interested in politics, with a Rotary Club award taking her to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Ms Madden added.

Independent Stormont MLA for the Coleraine area David McClarty, who knows the victim’s father, said: “This is just such a tragedy to be visited upon this family.”

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EphraimKibbey | Jan 22, 2013, 02:10 PM EST

We drove through Glencoe in July of 2008 and it looked scary then so I can only imagine how treacherous the mountains must be now. When you are twenty something, you still think of yourself as invulnerable and you take chances without fully investigating the possible consequences. My prayers for their families and friends.

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ReturnedYank | Jan 22, 2013, 11:02 AM EST

"Northern Irish"?

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merefalow | Jan 22, 2013, 10:43 AM EST

every time there is seriously bad weather in the mountains people go climbing,have to be rescued,die,how come supposedly well educated people are allowed by other well educated people who are aware of the conditions to go out climbing mountains,crazy.

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