実父が友人とともに事実解明のために４日間滞在予定で来日するらしい。高経大には立ち寄らないとのこと。アイルランドの大使館員も他の記事から活発に援助していることがわかる。交換留学協定を結んでいるＤＣＵ大学の学生が留学時に起きた不幸である。高経大にはなんら責任はないが、その父親に対して来日の際、ささやかでいいから、何か心温まることが出来ないのかとふと思う。彼女と触れ合った学生たちの思い出集を作成して手渡すなんてのもいい。実娘を失った親は教室内外で彼女をめぐって起こった些細な出来事なら、なんでも知りたいと思うだろう。また今回の事件でＤＣＵの将来の留学生たちは、高経大での海外体験に大きな不安を感じているに違いない。大学側も無関係を装っているのではなく、誠意があることを示すべきだろう。
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Nicola Furlong: Murdered student’s boyfriend tells of his pain as her dad heads to Japan
Wednesday June 06 2012, Independent.ie
By Mark Hilliard
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THE distraught boyfriend of Nicola Furlong has spoken of his heartbreak for the first time as her father prepared to fly to Japan to appeal to police for answers.
Danny Furlong (22) told the Irish Independent that Nicola's homecoming next month should have been the "happiest day of our lives".
Instead, the 21-year-old was found dead on the floor of a Tokyo hotel room last month following a night out with a friend at a Nicki Minaj concert.
"I always said that the day she was home would have been the happiest day of both of our lives," said Danny, a promising young footballer, last night, adding that the couple had planned to go on a sun holiday together.
"To be honest it's been by far the worst two weeks of my life. It has turned my whole world upside down."
Danny helped carry Nicola's pink coffin to the church in Wexford for her funeral Mass last Sunday.
Tomorrow, her father Andrew will travel to Japan for four days after being asked by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police.
The family hope that the visit will shed some light on the circumstances surrounding the death of the 21-year-old business and language student.
Two men have been arrested and charged with assault in relation to a separate incident in the run-up to Ms Furlong's mysterious death.
Last night, her boyfriend Danny reflected on how he heard that she had died.
"To me she was the most beautiful girl I had ever seen and I was so lucky to be with her," he said.
Mr Furlong recalled the last contact he had with her, just hours before her death, saying: "I remember she wrote to me just before she went to Nicki Minaj and she said that she loved me and that when she got back to her apartment she would write to me.
"I didn't sleep at all that night. I just kept checking my phone to see if there was a text from her. The next thing I remember was my door opening and my mam shouting at me. She sat on my bed. I told her to tell me what was wrong.
"For the first few hours I was in bits. I was crying and I had to ring someone. I had to ask was she actually gone.
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