Search continues for miner's body

Efforts are resuming this morning to recover the body of a man who was killed in a mining accident in Co Tipperary.

Search continues for miner's body

Efforts are resuming this morning to recover the body of a man who was killed in a mining accident in Co Tipperary.

Mario Francis, a married father of two from the Philippines, was driving a loader when it became trapped in a shaft after a rock fall at Lisheen lead and zinc mine near Thurles on Thursday evening.

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