Boy's Kerry hotel pool death 'a tragic accident'

Gardaí are treating the death of a five-year-old boy in a swimming pool in Co Kerry as a tragic accident.

The young boy got into difficulty in the water at about 11.30am today in the Gleneagle Hotel in Killarney.

The young boy who died was from Ballymun in Dublin, and is thought to have been on holiday when the tragedy happened.

He was pulled from the water, but attempts to resuscitate him failed, and he was pronounced dead at Tralee General Hospital.

In a statement, management at the Gleneagle Hotel said they were deeply saddened by the death.

They said the pool was fully supervised at the time of the accident with two qualified lifeguards and all the appropriate steps were taken.