Widow accepts €282k settlement for husband's farm death

He died when a punctured tractor tyre he was fixing became overinflated and its steel rim blew off.

Mr Justice Simons said the offer was a very good one given the risk the case carried if it went to hearing.

A widow whose husband was killed, along with his close friend and neighbour, in a tragic farm accident has secured some €282,500 under a settlement of her High Court action over his death.

Seamus Hegarty and Kevin Woods, both aged 52 and from the Raphoe area of Co. Donegal, died six years ago when a punctured tractor tyre they were fixing became overinflated and its steel rim blew off and hit them, causing fatal head injuries.