A young Irish student has died following a kayaking incident in the United States just weeks after arriving there.
Trinity College student Ella Mills died after an incident on the Potomac River near Washington DC while on a trip with the Columbia University Whitewater Kayaking Club.
Ms Mills was from Dublin and had just began studying at Columbia University as part of a dual BA programme.
She was an English Studies who arrived in the US earlier this month.
Tributes have been paid to her following the incident, with Columbia University President Minouche Shafik saying “words cannot express” how heartbroken she feels for her family and friends.
The Dean of the School of General Studies, where Ms Mills had just began her studies, said: “Ella had a love for learning, was intellectually curious, and passionate about literature.”
