Senator witnesses gardaí saving child from window fall

A Fine Gael senator has said gardaí should be paid more after witnessing a member of the force racing to the aid of a two-year-old boy who was hanging out of an apartment block window.

The child was seen hanging out of the window from the second floor at the Mount Kennett apartment block, on the Dock Road, Limerick, around 11.30am yesterday.

Garda Brian Delee, from Tipperary, based at Limerick’s Henry Street Garda Station, raced to the scene with his colleague Ger Summerly, from Co Clare. Within seconds, the quick-thinking officers procured a ladder from a passing van driver before Garda Delee scaled 35 feet up to ensure the boy was safe.