An inquest into the death of a child in a freak fireplace accident has been adjourned for three months, pending instructions from the DPP.

An inquest into the death of a five-year-old boy following a freak fireplace accident has been further adjourned pending directions from the DPP.

On the day they buried their 5-year-old son, the Cork couple whose little boy died after a fireplace fell on him have said “it will be a long time, if ever, before we come to terms with what has happened”.

An engineer’s report will play a key role in establishing how a little boy died in a freak fireplace accident in his family home.

A 5-year-old boy died after a fireplace fell on him in the family home yesterday — the second fatal accident of its kind involving a child in the Cork area in recent years.