Tot who drowned in container of water laid to rest

A bunch of green balloons were released into the sky as a community, "bereft of words", laid to rest one of its youngest, two-year-old David Roche, who died last Sunday.

The little boy, from Mountcollins west Limerick, died after drowning in a container of water at the family farm, just days after his sister Kate was brought home following her birth.

It is believed there was only a foot of water in the container which David had gone to investigate before he fell in and could not free himself.