‘Miracle’ medics saved balcony fall boy says father

The father of a boy who is in hospital after falling from the sixth floor of a hotel has thanked the “miracle” workers who saved his son’s life.

Neil Shanahan, 2, from Farranshone in Limerick City, suffered multiple injuries after falling 20m from a balcony on the top of the Strand Hotel in Limerick at lunchtime last Saturday.

Speaking at a prayer service in St Munchin’s church, Michael Shanahan thanked all those who have worked “miracles” for his son whom he said “was almost taken from us” last Saturday.