Irish farmer injured in New Zealand combine harvester accident awarded €3.4m

Padraig Lowry had suffered a lifelong, life-altering and disabling injury after his arm was amputated to four inches below his right elbow when he was 22

Padraig Lowry had been trying to deal with an oats blockage in the combine harvester chute when his arm was sucked into the moving parts of the machine. File picture: Chris Young/PA.

A young man who signed up in this country to work as a seasonal farm worker abroad, but who suffered catastrophic injuries when his arm was sucked into a combine harvester on a New Zealand farm, has been awarded €3.4m by the High Court.

Ms Justice Leonie Reynolds said the young farmer Padraig Lowry, whose arm was amputated to four inches below his right elbow, had suffered a lifelong, life-altering and disabling injury when he was 22.