An eight-year-old girl died and an 11-year-old girl was critically injured in a farm accident in north Cork.
The incident happened just outside Newtownshandrum at around 6pm yesterday and involved farm machinery.
It is understood the girls were picking blackberries in a field at the time.
It is believed that the bucket on the front loader of a tractor may have come loose and snapped off when it braked to avoid one of the girls.
Paula Dinsberga was pronounced dead at the scene, while the second girl was taken to Cork University Hospital.
She is said to be in a stable condition.
The two children, who were not sisters, were understood to be staying with friends of their Latvian parents for the weekend when the incident occurred.
Paula's parents flew back to Dublin last night unaware of what had happened and were informed of the accident by gardaí when their plane landed.
The Dinsberga family have been living at Dooradoyle in Limerick for the past four years, and have three younger children.
