Council probe balcony safety after children's fall in Waterford

A report into the condition and safety of all balconies at Mount Suir Manor in Waterford City is expected in two weeks

The balconies in blocks A and B of Mount Suir Manor in Waterford City are being examined by the apartment management company, while Waterford City and County Council has inspected the balconies on Block C. File picture

A report into the condition and safety of all balconies in a local authority-owned apartment complex in Waterford is expected in two weeks, after siblings aged seven and three were injured after a 6m fall from two storeys up.

Waterford City and County Council, which owns one of three blocks in the Mount Suir apartment scheme in Gracedieu, Waterford City, ensured that structural engineers carried out targeted condition and safety inspections over the last two weeks since brother and sister Jayden, three, and Nevaeh O’Neill, seven, fell from a balcony on March 20.