Irish boy (4) dies in Puerto Rico drowning

A young Irish boy has died in what is though to be drowning incident in Puerto Rico, the Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed.

The four- year-old is believed to have got into difficulty in the swimming pool of his family’s apartment complex on Saturday.

The alarm was raised but emergency services were unable to resuscitate him.

The Department of Foreign Affairs says it is providing consular assistance to the boy’s parents, who only recently moved to the Caribbean island from Blackrock, Co Dublin.