Man dies in fall as he erects lights for mother’s funeral

A man who was critically injured in a fall from a ladder as he prepared for his mother’s funeral has died.

Patrick (Pa) Bowens, a father of three, suffered severe head injuries when he fell from the ladder at his mother’s home in Cloonfad, Co Roscommon, on Monday.

Mr Bowens, who was in his 40s and from Pollanalty, Cloonfad, was erecting lights at his mother’s home shortly after hearing of her unexpected death in a Dublin hospital.