The Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that an Irish schoolboy has sadly died in hospital in Spain days after being rescued from a hotel swimming pool.
The 12-year-old boy sadly lost his battle life yesterday, local media reports say the boy was rushed to Vall d’Hebron Hospital in Barcelona at about 4pm last Thursday after being revived by the poolside by lifeguards and local police at the hotel he was staying at with relatives in the Costa Brava resort of Lloret de Mar.
However Hospital sources said he sadly passed away after spending a number of days in intensive care.
It is understood the boy was swimming with a 14-year-old relative when she spotted him in difficulties and raised the alarm.