A two-year-old girl who died after becoming entangled in a chord of a window blind at her County Waterford home has been named locally.
Elizabeth (Lizzie) Troy, from Coolnasmear, Dungarvan, Co. died on Wednesday evening.
The toddler, who has a twin sister Freyja, was found unresponsive by a woman in the house who immediately contacted emergency services. Gardaí and the paramedics rushed to the scene.
Lizzie was taken by the National Ambulance Service (NAS) to University Hospital Waterford (UHW) where she was later pronounced dead despite valiant efforts by medical staff to save her life.
She is survived by her parents “heartbroken parents” Nathan Troy and Mary Caitlan Rigney, her twin sister Freyja, grandparents Lisa and Declan O’ Keefe and Kathleen and Martin Troy, great grandparents Willie and Mary Rigney, great aunt Betty McEvoy, aunts Lydia and Jessica Troy and her uncles Joey and Kelvin Troy and Michael Phelan.
Her funeral details on rip.ie add: “Lizzie’s remains will be reposing in Coolnasmear (Eircode X35 XR70) on Sunday from 3pm to 7p.m. Her Funeral Mass of the Angels will take place on Monday at 3p.m in St Gobnait’s Church, Kilgobinet. Burial afterwards in the adjoining cemetery.”
One sympathiser wrote on the condolence section of the site that “This is so sad.. thinking of (her) mam and dad and most especially (her) little twin left behind.. how sad for her .. totally heartbreaking..I am so sorry.. your sister is safe in the arms of Our Lady Queen of Heaven..”
While another mourner added that she did not have “words of consolation, just accept my sincere condolences on the loss of beautiful Lizzie. Heartbreaking beyond our understanding.”
A file is to be prepared for the Coroner's Court.
A Family Liaison Officer (FLO) has been appointed to provide support and assistance to the family.
Gardaí have confirmed they are treating this incident as a “tragic accident”.
In a statement gardai added: "Gardaí in Waterford responded to a call on Wednesday evening, 5th June, in relation to a child found unresponsive in her home.
“The child was conveyed by ambulance to University Hospital Waterford where she was later pronounced deceased.
“A file will be prepared for the Coroner's Court. A Family Liaison Officer (FLO) has been appointed to provide support and assistance to the family of the deceased at this time”.
