Community in shock after drowning of toddler, 2

A Waterford county councillor has said the community of Boatstrand is devastated by the drowning of a two-year-old boy in the area.

The boy has been named as William O’Reilly, the youngest son of Jimmy and Helen O’Reilly, who are members of the Traveller community in Waterford City.

The child was accompanying his father to the beach, where he and a number of relatives were exercising horses.