Toddler dies after window fall

An 18-month-old boy who fell from a second storey apartment window in Galway city has died.

An 18-month-old boy who fell from a second storey apartment window in Galway city has died.

The toddler fell from the second floor window at an apartment in Lydon Court on Rosemary Avenue at about 10am on Saturday morning.

He was brought to University Hospital, Galway but later transferred to Temple Street Children's Hospital, Dublin, where he died at 2.30am this morning.

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