A 43-year-old man died in a farm accident at Currow, Farranfore, Co Kerry, late on Saturday afternoon.
He has been named locally as Shane Foley, a married man and a father of three.
Mr Foley, a farmer, was hedge-cutting with a tractor and hedge-cutter at the time of the accident sometime after 4pm on Saturday.
He was pronounced dead at the scene and his body removed to University Hospital Kerry in Tralee where a postmortem is to take place.
Local councillor Bobby O’Connell expressed his sympathy, saying Mr Foley was very highly regarded and people were very upset.
“He was a lovely, hard-working man. He got on well with everyone and was extremely popular in his own and the wider community,” the Castleisland-based councillor said.
Gardaí said the coroner had been informed and the Health and Safety Authority had also been notified.