Council in court over death of workman felling trees

Cork County Council appeared as a defendant in court yesterday in a health and safety prosecution arising out of the death of a workman during tree-felling more than two years ago.

Michael O’Donovan, 44, a father-of-three from Aghabullogue, Co Cork, an employee of Cork County Council, was killed while working on a compound off Carr’s Hill in November 2012.

The DPP brought a health and safety case against the local authority at Cork District Court yesterday.