Two probes into farm accident death

Two separate investigations are under way following the death of a man in a farmplace accident in north Cork.

Gardaí and the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) are both conducting inquiries into the circumstance surrounding the death of Michael Mackessey, 47, a single man from Kiltoohig, in Charleville, on Monday night.

Mr Mackessey was working under a horse box, which had been raised up on a jack, in a workshop on the family farm.