Fatal ESB explosion prompts safety probe

THE Health and Safety Authority (HSA) is investigating an explosion that killed a 38-year old man and injured two others at an ESB power plant.

Pat McCroghan, 38, died in Cork University Hospital yesterday after he was injured in an accident at Tarbert generating station, Co Kerry, on Thursday afternoon.

Mr McCroghan was an electrician who had worked with the ESB since 1981. The single man from Doon, Tralee, is survived by his parents Eileen and PJ, sister Breda and brother Maurice.