The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has launched an investigation following a "fatal incident" at a farm in west Clare.

It is understood a man, aged in his 70s, was pronounced dead at the scene of the incident which happened last Thursday (June 19).

The HSA will not release any further details of the incident while its investigation is underway.

However gardaí and emergency services are understood to have attended the farm in west Clare.

Gardaí told Agriland that a "post mortem examination has since been completed and a file will be prepared for the Coroner’s Office".

The tragedy in west Clare last week marks the third farm fatality this month.

A woman aged in her 60s died following a workplace incident that is understood to have occurred on a farm in Co. Kerry.

The fatal incident occurred in the area of Bonane, near Kenmare, and close the border with Co. Cork.

Gardaí also confirmed that there had been a workplace incident on a farm in Kilcock, Co. Kildare, which is being investigated by authorities.

Gardaí and emergency services had been alerted to the incident in Kilcock and confirmed that a “male, aged in his 60s who was working on the site was pronounced deceased”.

According to the HSA latest statistics - from 2015 to 2024 - outline that 53% of fatal accidents on farms involved persons aged 65 or older.

Last month the HSA also warned research shows that in Ireland farming accounts for two in five of all fatal workplace incidents, despite only representing 6.5% of the workforce.

At the time the Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), Michael Healy-Rae, said he was concerned about a significant increase in work-related fatalities among outdoor workers, particularly among farmers.

Minister Healy-Rae said: "Every farm fatality is a tragedy, leaving behind grieving families and communities and I extend my sympathies to those who lost loved ones and recognise the immense pain that these families, friends and communities are going through.”