Surgeons reattach man’s arm severed in accident

Surgeons at Cork University Hospital have successfully reattached a man’s arm after it was sliced off in a workplace accident last Tuesday.

John Dineen, a livestock road haulage contractor, was loading animal feed from a conveyor machine into a truck when one of his arms was severed from below the elbow.

A Garda spokesman said Mr Dineen’s arm was located in the conveyer machine and a tourniquet was applied to quell blood loss.