A Nigerian boy, Solomon Soremekun, was crushed to death by a lift after getting out of his pushchair and walking into the shaft, Irish media reported on Wednesday.
The three-year-old toddler was reportedly with his mother and three siblings. He was said to have gotten out of his pushchair after he became separated from his family on the first floor and went through open lift doors into the shaft.
The lift then came down on top of him and crushed him.
Emergency services rushed to the scene but were unable to save the youngster.
The remains of the boy was deposited at the University Hospital Galway where a postmortem is expected to take place today.
Gardai are satisfied the death is not suspicious and it is being treated as a tragic accident.
Two separate probes into the incident are now under way.
A Health and Safety Authority spokesman confirmed it was looking into the boy’s death and investigators attended the scene.