Ireland Crime

No existing case matched. Reports the accused's charge at Waterford District Court, the discovery of the child in a car at Rathmoylan Cove, and her further remand with a return date of March 5th.

Adds the arrest and charge times, the court appearance on Tuesday night, the remand to Limerick Prison, the psychiatric evaluation direction and the expected High Court bail application. The article does not state the date of the killing, only that the body was found on February 9.

Adds the arrest and charge details, the special sitting of Waterford District Court on 13 February, her reply to the charge, the remand to Limerick Prison, the psychiatric evaluation order and the expected High Court bail application.

Reports that gardaí charged the woman, who was arrested near Dunmore East and had been under medical supervision. She was due before a special sitting of Waterford District Court that evening. The article says she was the first to raise the alarm and is understood to know the boy.

Adds the arrest and charge times, the first court appearance at Waterford District Court on 13 February 2024, the remand to Limerick Prison, the psychiatric evaluation order, the discovery of the boy in a car at Dunmore East, and the expected High Court bail application.

Adds that the arrested woman was questioned for the first time, that interviews were paused for rest, that the 24-hour detention limit applies, and details of the investigation, the car and the cause suspected. No charge is reported in this article.

Adds that the woman was arrested at the scene under section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984, that she needed medical attention over the weekend so had not yet been questioned, that suffocation is suspected, that the postmortem was inconclusive, and that a search of a Waterford-area property was carried out.

Reports that the arrested woman, in her late 30s, had not yet been interviewed because of medical treatment; that she was detained under section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984; that a postmortem was inconclusive but suspected suffocation; and that a homicide inquiry has been opened.

Early report of the discovery and arrest, before any charge. It adds that the boy was taken to Waterford University Hospital and later died, that the car was found at the end of a laneway on the beach, that the scene is being preserved, and that toxicology results are awaited. The article does not name either person and does not give the incident date.

Official garda.ie press release with no names. Matched to existing case 6503 on the same death of a six-year-old boy in Co Waterford and a woman charged. Adds the Dunmore East location, the charge, and the court appearance on 13 February 2024.