TWO PEOPLE are being held for questioning following the death of a young child in Limerick which police have deemed suspicious.
Four-year-old Mason O'Connell-Conway was found by Gardaí at a house in Rathbane, Limerick with grievous head injuries on 13 March 2021.
Little Mason was rushed to Temple Street Children's Hospital for emergency treatment but the head injuries he received were too great, and he died in hospital three days later on 16 March.
Mason O'Connell-Conway was laid to rest on 21 March this year, with funerals restricted due to the pandemic and his family urging those present to adhere to guidelines on social distancing.
A funeral notice published at the time stated that the four-year-old boy left behind his "heartbroken parents, mother Elizabeth and father John Paul, brothers and sisters Michaela, Aaron, Bonnie and Kyle, Elizabeth’s partner Aaron, John Pauls partner Tegan, and his grandparents, Breda, Tony and John".
Mason O'Connell-Conway died in March, but Gardaí have kept the investigation open and have now arrested two people on suspicion of murderGardaí and emergency workers were told that Mason suffered the head injuries after an accidental fall from a bunk bed, but Gardaí indicated that the case would remain open while detectives investigate.
Now, four months later, a man in his 30's and a woman in her 20's have been arrested on suspicion of Mason's murder.
Both are being detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984, at separate Garda Stations in Limerick city.
Their identities have not been released.
