Cork student dies days after falling from fourth-floor balcony

General exterior view of Eden Hall, Curraheen, Cork. Picture: Larry Cummins.

A 21-year-old Munster Technological University (MTU) student who accidentally fell from an upper storey of student accommodation in Cork city in the early hours of last Thursday has died.

The young man, who is from East Cork, fell from the Eden Hall student accommodation on Model Farm Road at around 4am last Thursday. His friends called the emergency services with paramedics treating the young man at the scene.