Reveller impaled on railings at Béal na mBláth

A MAN was impaled on railings after falling from a monument in Co Cork which marks the place where War of Independence hero Michael Collins was shot dead in 1922.

The man, who is believed to be in his early 30s and from Limerick, had been socialising in the Crookstown area when he decided to climb the monument at around 8pm last Saturday.

According to garda sources he fell 12 feet from the top of the monument and impaled his leg on sharp railings below.