Urgent HSE inspection of lifts following Galway boy’s death

The HSE is to carry out an urgent inspection of lifts across the country following the death of a three-year-old boy in Galway.

During the inquest into the death of Solomon Soremekun, it emerged the boy jumped into a lift on his own. However, he managed to open the doors again while the lift was in motion between floors and fell into the lift shaft.

His body was found at the Hynes Building office complex in Galway City on the afternoon of January 17. He died from crush injuries.