Teen dies and brother hurt after tractor overturns

A 14-year-old boy died when the farm machinery on which he and his brother were travelling overturned into water in Carlow.

According to gardaí, the tractor and trailer rolled into a water-filled ditch during the incident, which happened at approximately 10.30am in a beet field on a farmer’s property a short distance from the village of Ballon.

The boy, named locally as Donal English Hayden, and his brother, who is 15, were rushed to St Luke’s Hospital in Kilkenny.