A young boy has died following a tragic accident at a swimming pool this afternoon.
Emergency services were alerted shortly after 3.00pm to an incident at the premises in Killaloe/Ballina.
Gardaí, National Ambulance Service (NAS) paramedics and units of Clare County Fire and Rescue Service from Killaloe station responded to the incident. The Athlone based Emergency Aeromedical Service (EAS) air ambulance was also requested to attend the incident.
The Killaloe unit of the Irish Coast Guard was also tasked to secure a landing site for the helicopter.
The child, reported to be 7 years old, was recovered from the water and attempts to resuscitate him were carried out. It was decided that the child should be removed by road ambulance to University Hospital Limerick for further treatment.
The child was later pronounced dead. The local coroner was advise of the tragedy.
It’s understood that the boy had been attending a birthday party at the facility at the time. The swimming pool was closed following the tragedy.
A Garda spokesman confirmed: “Gardaí and emergency services responded to an incident at a swimming pool on a premises in Killaloe, Co Clare, shortly before 3pm on Saturday, April 20th.”
“A seven-year-old boy was transported from the scene to University Hospital Limerick, where he was later pronounced deceased.”
A post-mortem examination will be carried out while a full examination of the circumstances of the tragedy will also be undertaken.
