Boy (6) removed armbands shortly before drowning in swimming pool in Offaly hotel, inquest hears

A verdict of death by misadventure was returned into how Oliver Forde, sustained fatal injuries after getting into difficulty in the pool at the Tullamore Court Hotel in Tullamore, Co Offaly on May 29, 2022.

Oliver (6), a pupil at Harold’s Cross National School from Innismore, Crumlin, Dublin died on May 31, 2022 at Children’s Health Ireland at Crumlin where he had been transferred two days earlier from the Midlands Regional Hospital in Tullamore.

At a hearing in Dublin District Coroner’s Court on Monday, the deceased’s mother, Nina Mahon, wept at evidence that her son had provided life to four other patients as a result of the decision to donate his heart, liver and kidneys.

The inquest was also told that no hotel staff or anyone in the pool had seen the boy get into difficulty.

In a written statement, Oliver’s father, Denis Forde, described how he had seen his son take off his armbands in the pool when he and his three children had gone swimming in the hotel after returning…