GAA community mourns man killed in factory accident

The GAA community was in mourning last night after senior Fermanagh footballer Brian Óg Maguire died in a shocking workplace accident at a Quinn Group cement and steel factory in his native county.

The 24-year-old, who represented his county during the Ulster Championship in the summer, died after the incident at the facility on the Ballyconnell road in Derrylin at about 10am yesterday. It is understood he was hit on the head by a cable which snapped at the pre-stressing part of the facility, with the force of the blow causing devastating injuries.

The ambulance service received a call at 10.01am that a worker had been struck in the head by a steel cable and was unconscious. A rapid response paramedic was at the scene by 10.17am but Mr Maguire was unresponsive.