Probe as man, 26, dies in farm accident

Two investigations are underway following the death of a man in a farm accident in West Cork.

Gardaí and the Health and Safety Authority are conducting separate probes into the circumstances of Conor Whelton’s death on his family’s farm around 6km from Clonakilty.

Mr Whelton, 26, left the family home at the townland of Knockea in Lyre, near Clonakilty, on Thursday evening to do some work on the farm.