Extensive gorse fire in Sligo/Roscommon area near Ballyfarnon
Fire crews from Leitrim, Sligo, Roscommon and Longford are this evening fighting more gorse fires, this time an extensive outbreak in the Sligo/Roscommon border area near Geevagh, Kilronan and Ballyfarnon. There’s an extensive outbreak on Arigna Mountain, with heavy smoke drifting down from the mountain over the R284 road through…
HSE confirms investigations underway into two more farm fatalities
The Health and Safety Authority is investigating the 3rd tragic farm fatality in under a week. Two more tragedies have been confirmed today and it follows the a death in Arigna, Co Roscommon at the weekend. A man in his 20s died in a quad accident in Wexford today while…
Gardai investigating after man killed in Arigna farming accident
A man injured in a workplace accident in Roscommon last Friday has died. The man, believed to be in his 50’s, was injured while working with cattle in Arigna. He was airlifted to Galway University Hospital for treatment and later transferred to Beaumont where he passed away overnight. The Health…