Corkman gets fatal shock after climbing pylon

THE ESB has been urged to improve safety in relation to pylons following the death of a 20-year-old man who was electrocuted after he received a shock from a pylon on the southside of Cork city.

Gardaí from Douglas and two units of Cork City Fire Brigade were called to the scene shortly after 11pm on Friday after the young man climbed a high-voltage electricity pylon near his home at Greenhills Court, off the South Douglas Road.

The death of Donncadha O’Flynn is being treated as accidental. His remains were taken to Cork University Hospital for a post mortem examination and the scene was sealed off by gardaí for technical examination.