Inquest told of new safety measures after teen's drowning

Spiked railings and a gate have been erected at the location where the group of teenagers got access to the riverbank, ending in tragedy

A garda told the inquest there was no easy access to the site but the victim and his friends were able to get to a diving point under the bridge by climbing over a gate with relative ease.

Safety measures have been put in place to discourage people from swimming at a dangerous location on the River Dodder in south Dublin following the death of a teenager by drowning two years ago, an inquest has heard.

Abdulgaffar Ganiyu (13), from Deerpark in Tallaght, died after getting into difficulty while swimming with a group of friends in the river underneath Callaghan’s Bridge on Bohernabreena Road, Tallaght, on August 9, 2020.