Man dies in cemetery accident

Updated: 17:55, Monday, 28 July 2008

A 51-year-old man has died in an accident at a cemetery in Limerick.

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It is understood that the man, a worker for Limerick County Council, fell while carrying out work at Mount St Oliver cemetery in the city.

He was pronounced dead at St John's Hospital in Limerick.

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