Safety authority investigates Kildare death

The Health and Safety Authority is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man in his 60s following an incident on his farm in Co Kildare last night.

Emergency services were called to the farm in Castledermot at around 12.30am. It is understood the man sustained an injury while checking on his livestock.

He was taken by ambulance to Naas General Hospital and was declared dead a short time later.

The HSA was notified of the incident by gardaí and an inspector has gone to the scene to begin the investigation.

A spokesman for the HSA was unable to confirm the exact circumstances surrounding the man’s death.

So far this year, two farm deaths have been officially confirmed by the HSA as work place fatalities.

In January, a 26-year-old farmer died in Cork after he was trapped under a trailer and last week, 17-year-old jockey Ryan Cusack died following an incident on a stud farm in Co Limerick.