Jack, 3, nearly killed by blinds cord

The mother of a 3-year-old boy who was almost strangled to death by a blinds cord last night said she feels very lucky her son lived through the near-tragedy in his own sitting room.

Donegal mother Karen Hagney warned that new voluntary safety standards for blinds may not be enough to prevent a similar incident.

She told The Consumer Show on RTÉ last night that medics in Letterkenny General Hospital were amazed that Jack survived after he was found not breathing and hanging off the window blind in their home in February.