Dublin toddler drowns in Spanish tragedy

THE 22-month-old daughter of an Irish couple living in Spain, who drowned after falling into a swimming pool, has been named as Lucy Bennett who was originally from Dublin.

The accident happened on Sunday afternoon as the child’s parents were enjoying an afternoon nap.

The toddler was thought to have lost her balance as she walked round the edge of the pool at her parents’ beachside villa residence in El Campello, near Alicante.