Man dies in tractor crash as farm safety concerns raised

ON a day that farmers were warned of the need for increased care in and around farms, the rural community lost another life following a tragic accident in West Cork.

The body of James ‘Jim Bawn’ Murphy was found trapped underneath the cab of his tractor yesterday on an isolated road between Allihies and Urhan.

The alarm was raised just after 9.15am when the 65-year-old single farmer, from Urhan, Eyeries, was found beneath the overturned tractor on a road known locally as the Mine Road. Gardaí in Castletownbere are investigating the accident.