Farmer tells inquest into son's quad bike death: 'That was the only time he didn't wear helmet'

The coroner told the hearing said the incident was "just a terrible tragic accident" and "no one is at fault”.

(Left to right)  Martin and Adam McKeogh, at the Coroners Court in Kilmallock. Picture: Brendan Gleeson

A Tipperary farmer broke down Wednesday telling the inquest into his son’s death after a fall from a quad bike that it was the first time his son had driven the vehicle without wearing a helmet.

Patrick McKeogh, (16), fell from the quad bike as he was retrieving cattle that had broken loose from the family’s dairy farm, at Inchadrinagh, Ballina, Co. Tipperary, early on the morning of June 28, 2021. A jury at Limerick Coroner’s Court recorded a verdict of “accidental death” at Kilmallock courthouse.