Man dies after wall collapses into garden

Two separate investigations are under way after a man was killed in a freak wall collapse in his own back garden in West Cork.

Billy O’Driscoll, 74, from St Patrick’s Quay in Bandon, was pottering about in his back garden, flanking the steps leading to the town’s St Patrick’s Church, when a wall above the level of his property collapsed, crushing him underneath.

A construction project is under way nearby and it is understood that a truck had delivered building material close to the wall just moments before it collapsed.