{"id":1173414,"date":"2026-08-28T02:47:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T02:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1173414\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T02:47:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T02:47:20","slug":"new-zealander-patrick-tobin-irish-wife-die-in-hot-tub-in-spain-investigation-into-cause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1173414\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealander Patrick Tobin, Irish wife die in hot tub in Spain, investigation into cause"},"content":{"rendered":"
The newspaper reported officers were examining whether the couple may have been involved in an accident while using the spa.<\/p>\n
Spanish investigators are examining whether an accident led to the deaths of New Zealander Patrick Tobin and his Irish wife, Tomasina McArdle. Photo \/ Getty Images.<\/p>\n
The Civil Guard initially identified both victims as Irish nationals, but later clarified that McArdle was Irish while Tobin was a New Zealand citizen. <\/p>\n
Spanish media reported Tobin had lived in the United Kingdom for about 26 years and did not hold an Irish passport.<\/p>\n
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade confirmed it was aware of a New Zealander\u2019s death in Spain, while consular officials were assisting family members in New Zealand and the United Kingdom, the Journal reported.<\/p>\n
The bodies were taken to Valencia\u2019s Institute of Legal Medicine for post-mortem examinations.<\/p>\n
The couple\u2019s children, aged 14 and 16, received support from social workers, psychologists and Red Cross emergency response staff after the discovery, Las Provincias reported.<\/p>\n
It said an uncle of the children travelled to Spain from Ireland, where they were reunited in the hours following the tragedy. <\/p>\n
Neighbours in the upmarket Cap Blanc residential area reportedly expressed shock at the deaths as forensic specialists and homicide investigators carried out inquiries at the property.<\/p>\n
Authorities are continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding the deaths, with post-mortem examinations expected to play a key role in establishing how the couple died.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The newspaper reported officers were examining whether the couple may have been involved in an accident while using…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1173415,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5312],"tags":[14120,24741,83092,169526,88312,190895,2000,299,13031,21627,2837,8309,256,6697,25781,53645,15458,318187,9641,59541,56515,104,14225,318186,27430,21033,37859,9642,318185],"class_list":["post-1173414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-spain","tag-after","tag-both","tag-came","tag-cause","tag-couple","tag-die","tag-eu","tag-europe","tag-examining","tag-found","tag-holiday","tag-hot","tag-in","tag-into","tag-investigation","tag-investigators","tag-irish","tag-lifeless","tag-new","tag-patrick","tag-rental","tag-spain","tag-spanish","tag-tobin","tag-tub","tag-were","tag-wife","tag-zealand","tag-zealander"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117170854031278189","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1173414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1173414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1173414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1173415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1173414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1173414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1173414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}