Toddler dies after head injury while feeding hens

Prayers were offered at masses around West Cork yesterday for toddler Ben O’Regan, who died after a gate hit him on the head as he was feeding hens.

The accident occurred before 2pm on Saturday while Ben was at his grandmother’s house, just a short distance from the family’s equestrian centre on the outskirts of Schull.

Ben was airlifted from a landing site in Toormore to Cork University University shortly before 3pm but died shortly after arrival.