Gardaí In North Cork Investigating Death Of Man (40s) At A Kennel In Liscarroll Ger Withers, who was in his 40s and married with three children was fatally injured after he was attacked by a stag deer at Duhallow Hunt Kennels yesterday.
It s understood the experienced huntsman was feeding the stag when it attacked and the alarm was raised when he did not return home.
Gardaí attended the scene and his body was removed to the mortuary at Cork University Hospital.
Garda Press says the coroner and the Health and Safety Authority have been notified.
A RENOWNED huntsman died after being attacked and gored by a pet stag.
An investigation is now underway into the freak tragedy in north Cork which claimed the life of the married father of three.
The huntsman - named locally in Liscarroll as Gerard Ger Withers (45) - suffered fatal injuries after he was apparently attacked by the pet stag on Tuesday afternoon.
The tragedy occurred at the Duhallow Hunt Kennels in north Cork where the stag had been raised and kept as a pet.
It is understood Mr Withers was tending to the adult animal when it suddenly attacked him.