Garda ‘was just five minutes too late’ to save boy

A BRAVE garda who tried to save the 13-year-old who drowned on Sunday while swimming in the River Lee has spoken of his complete despair.

“I was just five minutes too late,” said Cork city-based traffic corps Garda sergeant Pat Murphy.

He was speaking as the heartbroken parents of young Kieran Cummins — Caroline Cummins and her partner Alan O’Connor — prepared to bury their son.