A YOUNG Irish woman died after a suspected allergic reaction from drinking a coffee.
Aika Doheny, who is in her 20s, had travelled to Japan on holiday, but became seriously ill when she drank a coffee.
It is understood that several efforts were made to ease the allergic reaction with the use of an Epipen and she was rushed to a nearby hospital in Tokyo.
The young woman, from Kilkenny, spent several weeks in ICU in Japan before being repatriated back to Dublin.
A notice on rip.ie said she passed away at St James’s Hospital, Dublin a week ago, on October 20.
It is understood Ms Doheny is a former student of Presentation College in Carlow.
She was studying at the National University of Ireland Galway to become a research assistant.
Aika's heartbroken family said she will be "sadly missed".
It said: "Aika Caoimhe, beloved daughter of Mayumi and the late Paul and cherished sister of Paul Makoto and Cian Takuya, sadly missed by her heartbroken mother and brothers, grandmother Sachiko Wakao (Tokyo), aunts, uncles, cousins in Ireland, Japan and the USA, extended family, neighbours and her many friends."
Aika's funeral will take place on Saturday at 10.30am in St. John’s Church, Kilkenny and will be followed by a private cremation.
The Department of Foreign Affairs had previously been liaising with the family in Ireland after Aika fell ill.
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A Department spokesperson said: "As with all consular cases, the Department does not comment on the details of any specific case."
Meanwhile, an Irish woman died on Sunday in Mallorca after a hiking accident.
The woman lost her balance and plunged more than 60ft as she was out walking with a group of around a dozen other tourists.
Police mountaineers and firefighters were among the emergency responders mobilised after the alarm was raised around midday on Sunday.
But there was nothing they could do to save her life and her body was removed by a Civil Guard helicopter to a heliport at the island’s Inca Hospital.
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The tragedy happened at Pas d’en Segarra, a small overhang on a cliff a path popular with Sunday walkers goes through.
The dead woman, who has not yet been named, is believed to have been hiking the five-hour Puig Roig circuit, a scenic long loop around the base of a mountain called Puig Roig in the municipality of Escorca in north-west Majorca.
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