Westmeath council has said it had no responsibility “from a public safety perspective” for the unfinished housing estate in Athlone where a two-year-old boy drowned.

Council chiefs have been ordered to report on the state of a ghost estate where a two-year-old boy drowned yesterday.

Gardaí and the HSE are continuing to investigate the death of a toddler on an unfinished housing estate in Athlone yesterday.