A heartbroken fiancee has revealed the man killed by a falling tree during Storm Ali was due to pick up their wedding rings the next day.
Electrician Robert Matthew Campbell, 24, was killed when he was hit on the abdomen by a falling tree and crushed during the deadly storm on Wednesday.
He was working with a colleague at Slieve Gullion Forest Park in Co Armagh when the tragic incident occurred.
Tributes have been paid to the popular electrician, with his grieving fiance revealing they had send out ‘save the date’ cards just last week.
Robyn Newberry, 23, was also due to put a deposit on her wedding dress.
Recalling the horror moment she was told of the death, Independent.ie reports she said: "I first realised that something was wrong when I tried to ring Matt around lunchtime and it kept going to the answering machine, which wasn’t like him.
"I tried calling him six times and there was no answer.
"It wasn’t until I was leaving work that a police officer came to my workplace and told me there had been an accident and Matt hadn’t survived. I thought it was a joke, that he was just lying.
"We are just devastated – it doesn’t seem real."
The men were working for Lagan Construction Limited, on behalf of Northern Ireland Water, when the incident occurred.
A spokesperson for the firm said: “We are deeply saddened to confirm that one of our employees has passed away as a result of their injuries and that another employee has been seriously injured and is currently being treated in hospital.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with the two families at this time.
“We are offering support and counselling services to colleagues and we continue to work closely with the statutory authorities.”
Swiss tourist Elvira Ferraii was also tragically killed in Storm Ali when the caravan she was in was blown off a cliff in Co Galway.
Meanwhile, Storm Bronagh is barrelling across the west to batter Britain in the wake of killer Storm Ali.
The intense low pressure system was forecast to bring 70mph winds and up to 4in of rain to some areas overnight.
Bronagh, an Irish girl’s name meaning sorrow, developed across Wales and the South West and spread over England, with the most violent gusts predicted to hit the North East coast in the early hours.
The storm is expected to bring gale force winds today, with wind gusts of 45mph-50mph predicted around exposed coasts and at some spots inland, as well as the possibility of some gusts of up to 70mph.
Yellow warnings for wind are in place until 9am on Friday for the east midlands, west midlands, east England, London and south east England, north east England, north west England, south west England, Wales and Yorkshire and Humber.
Met Office forecaster Simon Partridge said there could be gusts of up to 70mph on Friday, adding that it will be the first time this season that south east England will be tested by strong winds.
"The first storm to reach an area each year usually has some fairly significant impacts because all the things you didn’t realise were diseased or rusted or whatever, that’s the first time you know about it – when the first winds arrive," he said.
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Three-day UK weather forecast
Today (Friday) : A showery and windy day, especially across England and Wales, and a fair bit cooler too. Early rain in the north-east will clear but there will be spells of sunshine and blustery showers for many areas, heaviest and most frequent in the north-west. Becoming gradually less windy later in the day.
Tonight (Friday night) : Showers will mostly clear during the evening. However, light showers will linger through much of the night for western Scotland and the Northern Isles. Dry with clear spells and patchy cloud elsewhere. Cloud will then increase from the south-west with light rain here by morning. Gentle winds.
UK Outlook (Saturday and Sunday) : Most places will have a fine and dry start on Saturday but rain will move in from the south-west later, spreading into Wales, southern England, the Midlands, and Northern Ireland in the afternoon. Very wet and windy again for many on Sunday, with heavy or even thundery bursts of rain possible.
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