Tributes to environmentalist killed in lawn mower accident

Tributes have been paid to an environmentalist and author who was killed in a freak lawnmower accident in West Cork on Tuesday.

Bodo Baginski, 60, was killed in Glengarriff when the ride-on lawn mower he was using to cut a neighbour’s grass toppled over.

He was operating the machine on an incline when the incident occurred at about 9pm. It is understood Mr Baginski suffered catastrophic injuries and died instantly.