A Galway area has lost an "absolute icon" and "life of the village" after an elderly bachelor was fatally pinned by a tractor on his farm.
Well-known Gort resident John Hansberry was killed on Tuesday after a freak accident on his nearby farm in the rural village of Kilbeacanty.
Galway Beo understands he had been doing maintenance work on his land at around 7pm when he was suddenly trapped by the tractor he had been driving.
