Ireland Crime

Reports the arrest of a woman in her 20s under a District Court warrant in connection with the death; notes two previous arrests were released without charge.

Reports the arrest under warrant of a woman in her 20s, held at Roxboro Road Garda Station, in the ongoing investigation into the March 2021 death of a four-year-old boy who was injured at a house in Rathbane, Limerick, and died three days later in Dublin.

Reports the release without charge of the two people arrested on 12 August 2021, confirms a file is being prepared for the DPP, and includes the father's remarks at the boy's funeral mass.

Confirms the man and woman arrested on Thursday 12 August 2021 have been released without charge; a file is being prepared for the DPP. Provides the specific incident date (Saturday 13 March 2021), location (Rathbane), and the sequence of hospitals (University Hospital Limerick, Cork University Hospital, Temple St children's hospital).

Reports that the man and woman arrested on suspicion of murder were released without charge, and that a file will be prepared for the DPP with investigations ongoing.

Gardaí officially stated for the first time that they suspect the boy was murdered, shifting from an initial investigation into a fall from a bunk bed. Both suspects are detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 at Garda Stations in Limerick city.

Reports the arrest of two suspects on suspicion of murder and provides background on the child's death, hospitalisation and funeral.

First report of the arrests; details the incident location, date of injury, hospital where the boy died, and the legal basis for detention.

Initial arrest report: a man in his 30s and a woman in her 20s detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 at Garda Stations in Limerick city.

Initial arrest report. Two suspects (a man in his 30s and a woman in her 20s) were arrested on suspicion of murder and held at separate Garda stations in Limerick City under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984. The boy had been treated at University Hospital Limerick and Cork University Hospital before being transferred to Temple Street Children's Hospital, where he died three days after the incident.

Reports the arrest of two people on suspicion of murder and provides details of the boy's death in Temple Street hospital following injuries sustained at a house in Rathbane in March 2021.

Initial arrest report: a man in his 30s and a woman in her 20s detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 at Garda Stations in Limerick city in connection with the death of a four-year-old boy in Rathbane.