Inquest into Cork farmer's death from bull attack recommends escape points in cattle pens

The inquest heard that in 99% of situations involving cattle in enclosed spaces there are no escape points, leaving people to climb over a gate

The inquest heard an angry bull would seek to knock someone down and then apply the weight of either their head or front legs on them. 

An elderly farmer was fatally injured by his bull ahead of a cattle test, with the jury at his inquest now recommending that health and safety watchdogs look at mandatory exit points in cattle pens.

Joseph Shorten of Castletown-Kinneigh near Enniskeane in Co Cork was discovered lying on his side in the yard of his farm at Ardkitt by the veterinary surgeon who was coming to read the cattle test. Mr Shorten’s body was some 30 yards away from a pen where his Hereford bull was held.