The boy (3) who died in a lift shaft in Galway yesterday has been named locally as Solomon Soremekun.
At around 3 O'clock yesterday he became separated from his Nigerian-born mother and two other siblings and entered a lift shaft in the three story Hynes Building on Augustine Street. He suffered fatal injuries.
A post mortem will be carried out at Galway University Hospital today on his body.
Two units of the Galway Fire Brigade, an ambulance and the gardaí were all called, but Solemon was pronounced dead at the scene, which has been preserved today pending further technical investigations.
Two separate investigations have been launched by the gardaí and the Health and Safety Authority into how the boy could have gained access to the lift shaft.
The Irish Daily Mirror's Crime Correspondent Cathal McMahon told Newstalk's Breakfast the lift itself will be examined by both investigations:
