Irish boy, 5, dies after quad bike accident in Portugal

The Department of Foreign Affairs has said they have not received any request for assistance from the family of a young Irish boy killed in Portugal.

Irish boy, 5, dies after quad bike accident in Portugal

The Department of Foreign Affairs has said they have not received any request for assistance from the family of a young Irish boy killed in Portugal.

Media reports this evening claim that a 5 year old boy lost his life in a quad bike accident 200km North of Lisbon on Friday night.

A six-year-old Portuguese boy was also killed in the incident and the Irish child’s seven-year-old brother is in intensive care.

Local media sources added the children were passengers on a quad bike driven by an English man in his early 50s.

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