Update: Man who died on farm in Cork named locally

The Health and Safety Authority is investigating after a man in his early 50s died in a farming accident in Cork.

Update: A man in his fifties who died following a farm accident near Glenville, Co Cork, last night has been named locally as Philip Lonergan from Ballyporeen, Co Tipperary.

Mr Lonergan (aged 51) sustained fatal injuries when the tractor he was driving overturned while he was spreading slurry in a field at 5pm yesterday. He died before he could be transferred to Cork University Hospital.