Authorities in Indonesia are investigating the death of an Irish-born student who travelled to Bali for dental work.
Niamh Finneran-Loader passed away on December 2nd and the circumstances surrounding her death remain a mystery as the results from an autopsy carried out on Monday remain unclear.
It is understood that the bright postgraduate student immigrated to Perth in Australia with her family when she was a child.
On discovering the tragic news, Niamh's grief-stricken parents flew to Bali where they are attempting to repatriate her body.
It has been reported by The Western Australian that Niamh had already received minor dental treatment and was "very happy with the results" prior to the tragedy.
Niamh had a bright future ahead of her. A master's student at the University of Western Australia, earlier this year she was awarded the Kate King Legal Prize – an award given to students for outstanding performance in their field. She had also been due to travel to the USA in January for an internship through the Mannkal Economic Education Foundation.
Paying tribute to Niamh, the foundation said: "It is with great shock and sadness that we learned of the sudden passing of Mannkal Scholar Niamh Loader following a medical procedure. We offer our deepest sympathy to her family, friends and fellow Mannkal Scholars."
Away from academia, a family member of Niamh's, Chloe-Marie Loader, described her as "incredible" in a touching statement which reads "Yesterday we lost an incredible woman. I've woken up today and the reality has hit me, hard, that she's really gone. No matter the physical distance between us, we've been so close all these years."
A GoFundMe to both repatriate Niamh and pay for a postmortem. The initiative has raised $38,004 of the $50,000 goal at the time of writing.
Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has confirmed it was providing consular assistance to the family.
