Witness heard child scream on night father and 3-year-old son drowned in Dublin tragedy

A father and his three year old son drowned after becoming trapped in a ditch while using a short-cut into an estate, an inquest heard.

Witness heard child scream on night father and 3-year-old son drowned in Dublin tragedy

A father and his three year old son drowned after becoming trapped in a ditch while using a short-cut into an estate, an inquest heard, writes Louise Roseingrave.

Sean Sweeney (36) and his son Tyler Joyce (3) were found dead in ten inches of water at an unauthorised access point into Ashington Park in Dublin 7 on Easter Sunday, March 27 2016.

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