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Matthew Purcell-Healy
Waterford Gardaí are investigating all of the circumstances surrounding the death of a young six-year-old boy whose body was found in a car at Dunmore East, County Waterford shortly after midnight on Friday February 9, 2024.
The boy was named locally as Matthew Purcell-Healy who was a pupil in Senior Infants at Faithlegg National School, Cheekpoint, Co Waterford.
The Department of Education has provided psychological supports to the school he attended.
A woman in her late 30s was arrested at the scene and is currently detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984 at a garda station in County Waterford.
Enquiries are ongoing, and further updates will follow.
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