Man died after falling unconscious in factory duct

WORKERS at a Limerick factory frantically tried to resuscitate a man after pulling him unconscious from a duct he was cleaning, an inquest heard yesterday.

Conor McGeough, aged 23, of 56 Derry Park, Crumlin, Dublin, was pronounced dead at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital a short time after he was rushed there by ambulance.

Mr McGeough was employed by a company contracted to clean and maintain ducts at Analog Devices at Raheen Industrial Park.