Sebastian Kus died after falling five storeys from a Tramyard apartment in Inchicore, Dublin, in 2012 LAURA HUTTONThe housing department is to enforce the childproofing of windows in all rental homes because of the number of children falling from high buildings. Officials in Simon Coveney’s department are updating the regulations setting out minimum standards in rented apartments and houses. A spokesman said that among the issues being addressed was the prevention of falls. In the past two weeks, two children have been taken to Dublin’s Temple Street hospital after falling from heights of more than one storey. A four-year-old boy was in a critical condition after tumbling from an apartment window in Edenderry, Co Offaly.

Source: The Times October 01, 2016 23:02 UTC