Steel erector died from head injuries after fall from shed roof

THE inquest into how a 40-year-old steel erector died in a fall from a cattle shed last December was heard in Tralee before Coroner Helen Lucey.

Kevin Griffin, married with a young family, of Killoguenoveen, Caherciveen, Co Kerry, sustained fatal head injuries after falling from a height of about 16 feet, the inquest heard.

The accident occurred while he was helping to build a shed for farmer Denis Coffey at Letter Castle, Caherciveen, on December 16, 2006.