Gardaí desperately tried to revive boy, 6, after his body was found in car in Waterford

A murder investigation is expected to be formally announced once the results of an autopsy on the child are known. A woman was arrested at the scene 

The six-year-old boy was found in a car near Dunmore East shortly after midnight. Picture: RollingNews.ie

Gardaí desperately tried to revive a six-year-old boy whose body was found in the back of a car near a rural beach in Co Waterford just after midnight.

A murder investigation is expected to be formally announced once the results of an autopsy on the child are known.