# Child Death

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# New York

Baby girl dies after being thrown from sixth-floor window

She is the third child killed that way in New York in three months.

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Oct 16th 2015, 7:11 AM

# Child Death

Toddler died after dad got drunk and left him in car

Detectives found signs the child had struggled to get out of the vehicle before dying.

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Apr 22nd 2015, 8:31 PM

# Child Death

Young boy in Limerick died from viral infection

Gardaí are investigating the death.

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Jan 12th 2015, 8:05 AM

# blind safety

‘A child can die within 50 seconds of becoming entangled in a window blind cord’

In the past four years, three children in Ireland and 12 in the UK have died as a result of window blind cords.

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May 6th 2013, 7:45 AM

# blind safety

Boy (3) dies in blind cord accident in Co Down

Author of a website set up to promote window blind safety says “more needs to be done to create awareness of the dangers posed by cords and chains on window blinds”.

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Feb 25th 2013, 11:41 AM

# Child Death

8-year-old boy found dead in Cork was due back in school today

HSE says it is investigating the contact of health services with Anthony Ward’s family prior to his death.

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Sep 3rd 2012, 9:42 PM

# Child Death

Boy, 4, dies after incident at National Aquatic Centre

Investigation launched into child’s death after boy got into difficulty in children’s pool.

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Jul 23rd 2012, 10:00 AM

# Children

Children's Minister to appear before Oireachtas health committee

Frances Fitzgerald’s appearance before the the Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children comes in the aftermath of the damning report on the deaths of children in care between 2000 and 2010.

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Jul 12th 2012, 7:15 AM