A Tipperary farmer broke down Wednesday telling the inquest into his son’s death after a fall from a quad bike that it was the first time his son had driven the vehicle without wearing a helmet.
Patrick McKeogh, (16), fell from the quad bike as he was retrieving cattle that had broken loose from the family’s dairy farm, at Inchadrinagh, Ballina, Co Tipperary, early on the morning of June 28, 2021.
A jury at Limerick Coroner’s Court recorded a verdict of “accidental death” at Kilmallock courthouse.
