Child deaths spark warning of TV dangers

PARENTS of young children have been warned about the dangers of unsecured television sets after a spate of tragic accidents.

The warning follows the death of Tallaght toddler Hayleigh Coghlan-Burke last week. The two-year-old grandniece of Irish running star, Eamonn Coghlan, was killed instantly when a TV set toppled over onto her as she climbed onto a cabinet in a relative’s house.

She was the second young child to die in this way here in the past year, but accident reports in Britain and the US show there have been many more victims in recent years.