Roofer loses fight for life after fall at CIT

A man in his 50s has died in hospital from injuries sustained in a workplace accident on the grounds of a third-level institution in Cork earlier this week.

Gardaí and the Health and Safety Authority are conducting separate inquiries in to the accident at Cork Institute of Technology on Monday.

Billy Tubritt, 55, a roofer from Saltmills near New Ross in Co Wexford, lost his fight for life at CUH on Tuesday.