Postmortem due on Tyrone boy (10)

A postmortem is due be carried out today on the body of a 10-year-old boy who died during a Gaelic football training session …

A postmortem is due be carried out today on the body of a 10-year-old boy who died during a Gaelic football training session in Drumquin, Co Tyrone.

Patrick Breen (10), from the nearby parish of Dregish, was training with Michael Cusack's GAA club on Tuesday evening when he collapsed.

He was given first aid at the scene, and a defibrillator was used to try to revive him, but he was pronounced dead at the Erne Hospital in Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh.

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