The family of an Offaly man who was killed after being struck by a bull while helping his cousin on a farm four years ago have claimed there are “huge cultural issues” around improving farm safety.
Kieran Byrne, 58, a married father of five from Cadamstown, Kinnity, Co Offaly, sustained severe brain injuries during an incident at the farm of his cousin Thomas Byrne at Knockbarron, Kinnity, on July 18, 2018.
An inquest at Dublin District Coroner’s Court on Monday heard Mr Byrne together with two other men, who all had experience with livestock, were helping to segregate eight bulls due to be sent to a Kepak processing plant from a herd of 26 animals in a temporary pen.
