Boy, three, died after drinking weedkiller

A THREE-YEAR-OLD boy died after accidentally drinking weedkiller from a 7Up bottle in the garden of his grandfather’s home, an inquest heard yesterday.

Seamus Hade Snr, the grandfather of James, broke down as he explained how the lethal liquid came to be in the back garden of his home at Oakley Park in Carlow.

The little boy’s father, Seamus Hade Jnr, told the Dublin City Coroner’s Court he had been minding his four children during the weekends at his parents’ home since he had split with his wife Catherine.