Last respects paid to man struck by telephone pole

A father of three who was killed when he was struck by a telephone pole was above all “a good man”, his first cousin told those attending his Requiem Mass.

Michael O’Riordan from Riverdale, Skibbereen, was re-erecting a telephone pole, which had fallen in last week’s storms when the accident occurred last Saturday.

The 65-year-old Eircom subcontractor suffered serious head injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. He was working for subcontractor KN Network Services at the time.