A man died in Carndonagh, Co Donegal on Friday while working to clear trees on his farm.

"It appears that a tree may have fallen on the victim," a Garda spokesperson told the Irish Farmers Journal.

The victim was named locally as Kevin McElhinney.

This was the second farm death reported last week after another man was killed in his yard in Co Mayo on Wednesday.

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