Boy killed by falling wall

A nine year old boy died yesterday when a wall collapsed on him while playing near his home at Baltinglass, Co Wicklow.

A nine year old boy died yesterday when a wall collapsed on him while playing near his home at Baltinglass, Co Wicklow.

Another boy injured in the accident was in a "satisfactory" condition in Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin last night.

The two boys were playing on a swing close to a partially constructed wall at Parkmore, Baltinglass, at around noon when the accident happened.

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