Vigil held for boy found dead in car in Waterford

Garda members made desperate attempts to revive the child but neither they nor the paramedics could save him

Matthew Healy was was found dead in a car in Waterford on Friday.

A vigil was held in Waterford city this evening in memory of a six-year-old boy who died in hospital in the early hours of Friday morning after he was found unresponsive in a car in Rathmoylan Cove on the outskirts of Dunmore East.

Matthew Healy, who attended Faithlegg National School in Cheekpoint was found unresponsive and wet in the back seat of a car that was parked at a laneway at Rathmoylan Cove outside Dunmore East in Waterford.