Experts to help children deal with incident

Education and health experts are providing support for classmates of Brandon Skeffington.

A meeting was organised last night for parents of the 39 other pupils at Our Lady’s National School in Banada, Co Sligo, to make them aware of the available supports and to advise them how they might discuss the tragedy with their own children.

The three-teacher school requested the assistance of the National Educational Psychological Service — part of the Department of Education — as the tragic news of the deaths of Brandon and his older brother Shane emerged yesterday morning.