A Limerick mother has told a press conference she was "shocked" after two gardaí woke her in the middle of the night explaining her two and half year old son had been found about a mile away from the family home.

Theo Costelloe from Aspen Gardens in Limerick decided he would go on an adventure of a lifetime when he crept out of his cot, down the stairs and out the front door, shortly after 2 o'clock yesterday morning.

He was found by a passer by on the Limerick to Dublin road after he had crossed the N7 wearing only a onesy pyjama suit and holding onto a blanky.

Theo's mother, Christine, has been speaking to reporters in Limerick: