Drowning accident victims are named

The two young boys who drowned in a private swimming pool at a house near Newry yesterday afternoon have been named.

They were two-year-old David Smith, and four-year-old Shea Laverty.

Shea was due to celebrate his 5th birthday next week.

The boys lived close to each other at Ardaveen Muse on the Dublin Road in Newry.

They reportedly climbed through a fence into a nearby house and got into difficulties in a disused swimming pool containing rainwater.

Post mortem examinations are expected to be carried out on their bodies this evening.