Investigations launched into death of council worker

Gardaí, the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) and Cork County Council are set to launch separate investigations after a worker died after being hit in the head by a pole which was felled by a digger.

Michael O’Donovan, 46, who was living in Dripsey, Co Cork, was working at the Vicarage housing estate near Carr’s Hill in the Douglas area, when the accident happened just before 3pm on Friday.

Mr O’Donovan incurred head injuries and was taken to Cork University Hospital, where he died.