TWO investigations were launched into the death of a man on a farm in County Limerick this Tuesday morning (August 13).
The man, understood to be aged in his 60s, suffered fatal injuries after being attacked by a bull on farmland at Lisnagry, County Limerick.
Gardaí and the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) are carrying out separate enquiries into the man’s death.
“Gardaí in Castleconnell are investigating the death of a man in his 60s following an incident on a farm in Lisnagry, County Limerick,” a Garda spokeswoman told the Limerick Post.
“Gardaí were alerted this morning, Tuesday 13th August, 2024, after the man’s body was discovered on farmland.
“The HSA attended the scene and are conducting their investigation.”
The Garda spokeswoman said that “the body of the man has been removed from the scene to University Hospital Limerick where a post mortem will take place in due course”.
“A file will now be prepared for the Coroner’s Court,” she added.
A HSA spokeswoman said that “the HSA are of aware of this incident and have launched an investigation. No further information is available at this time.”
The HSA recorded 16 farm related deaths in 2023, an increase of four on 2022 figures, with half of those killed on farms last year aged 65 or older.
The farming industry is risk associated as farmers’ daily work involving threats posed by livestock, heavy machinery, and vehicles, as well as working at heights.
