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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Chiara Giordano

Storm Eunice: Tributes to ‘devoted’ father killed by falling tree who died ‘in the line of duty’

Kirsty O'Connor/PA

The wife of an Irish council worker who died after being hit by a falling tree during Storm Eunice has paid tribute to the “extremely great husband and father”.

William “Billy” Kinsella, 59, had been clearing debris from a road leading to a school near his home in County Wexford when he was fatally injured by a tree brought down in fierce winds on Friday. Three other people were also killed during the storm on the same day.

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