A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD boy with learning difficulties drowned in the sea after wandering off from his aunt’s house, an inquest heard yesterday.

A seven-year-old boy with learning difficulties drowned in the sea after wandering off from his Aunt’s house, an inquest heard today.

FAMILY and relatives were yesterday trying to come to terms with the death of a young boy after he apparently drowned over the weekend.

A 24-year-old diver who died after becoming trapped in a vessel off the coast of Dun Laoghaire was identified today by gardaí.