HSE and Barnardos offering support after suspected suicide of boy, 11

The HSE and childrens’ charity Barnardos are providing supports for the family and school friends of an 11-year-old boy who died by suspected suicide in Cork City at the weekend.

Gardaí are treating the death in the family home as a personal tragedy.

They have conducted a forensic examination of the home as part of a routine investigation launched into sudden deaths.