Second family tragedy as farmer gored to death by bull

A DAIRY farmer was gored to death by a bull on the same farm where his father was killed, it has emerged.

Second family tragedy as farmer gored to death by bull

Tomas Tierney, 38, died last night after he was attacked on his family’s land in rural Mayo.

His father, Tom, died 19 years ago in a farming accident on the same farm in Killeenrevagh, near Ballindine, close to the county border with Galway.

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