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Man dies in Tipperary stud farm accident

The Health and Safety Authority and gardaí are investigating the incident
The Health and Safety Authority and gardaí are investigating the incident

A man in his 20s has died following an accident on a stud farm in Co Tipperary yesterday evening.

The man, who is from Newcastle in the UK, had been working on the farm near the town of Fethard.

He was on a teleporter with another man when the machine overturned.

His family have been contacted and the other man who was also in his 20s and from Fethard is in hospital in Cork with serious injuries.

The Health and Safety Authority and gardaí are investigating the incident.