Two farmers have died in separate incidents on farms in Cork and Wicklow over the weekend.
In west Cork, a man in his 50s died in while repairing the roof of a shed damaged in the recent storms.
The man was on a teleporter repairing the roof of the shed on a farm at Kilgarriff outside Clonakilty.
It is understood the man may have fallen from the teleporter and died at around lunchtime this afternoon.
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The man's body was removed to Cork University Hospital where a post-mortem examination will take place.
The man is believed to have been from Enniskeane in west Cork.
In Wicklow, a farmer in his 70s died following an incident in Kilmacanogue.
He was carrying out repairs on a roof when he fell from a ladder yesterday afternoon.
Gardaí and the Health and Safety Authority have begun investigations into the two incidents.
