Investigation into west Clare farm accident

An Investigation's been launched into a farm accident in Cross which has left an elderly man in a serious condition. 

Tom Haugh is understood to have been working on a tractor yesterday afternoon when the vehicle moved and struck him. 

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Mr Hough who is in his 80s  was airlifted to University Hospital Limerick by Shannon rescue 115 and people in the area say he is expected to make a full recovery. 

His neighbour Fine Gael Cllr Gabriel Keating says it brings home the dangers of working on a farm