Noah Donohoe: Department 'Hadn't a Clue' if Tunnel Was Locked, Inquest Hears

Noah Donohoe: Department 'hadn't a clue' if tunnel was locked, inquest hears

The 14-year-old's body was found in an underground water tunnel six days after he disappeared in north Belfast almost six years ago.

Department ‘didn’t have clue’ if culvert where Noah Donohoe died was locked, inquest told

DfI official says they had to mitigate against flood risk, the risk of someone getting into the pipe and coming to harm and then the risk of entrapment against the screen

Department ‘didn’t have clue’ if culvert where boy died was locked, inquest told

The long-running inquest is examining the circumstances of the death of Belfast schoolboy Noah Donohoe in 2020.

DfI 'didn't have a clue' if culvert where Noah died was locked, inquest told

"It was an absolute shock to us that Noah had lost his life in a culvert the department maintains."

Dept questioned over culvert where Noah Donohoe died

A senior official has denied a suggestion that the Department for Infrastructure (DfI) "didn't have a clue" whether a hatch covering a culvert was locked when Noah Donohoe entered it.

Noah Donohoe Inquest: ‘I’ve f***ked it’ - Stormont employee’s panic over unlocked hatch

An access hatch on the inlet to a culvert in which Noah Donohoe was found should have been locked six months previously, an inquest into his death has heard. But the jury also heard the storm drain was in good condition and had no history of unauthorised access.The 14-year-old’s body was discovered in north Belfast on June 27, 2020, six days after he went missing. A post-mortem examination found the likely cause of death was drowning. The inques…