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MAN DIES WHILE DOING ROOF REPAIRS

written by Stephen Maguire April 28, 2014
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BREAKING NEWS: An investigation has been launched after an elderly man died as carried out repairs on a roof in Buncrana last night.

The man is believed to have suffered a heart attack before he fell.

The man is believed to have suffered a heart attack before he fell.

The 75 year old was believed to be carrying out repairs when the incident happened around 6pm.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene.

It is understood the man may have suffered a heart attack.

He was taken to Letterkenny General Hospital where a full post mortem is due to be carried out.

It comes just a day after a 68 year old man was also found dead in the hallway of his home in Buncrana.

Gardai launched an investigation after the discovery of the man’s body on in his home on Saturday evening.

However, Gardai later said they were not treating the death as suspicious.

 

MAN DIES WHILE DOING ROOF REPAIRS was last modified: April 29th, 2014 by Stephen Maguire
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Stephen Maguire

Stephen Maguire is the co-founder of Donegal Daily. He has worked as a reporter for almost 30 years starting locally with the Donegal Peoples Press before moving to the Mirror Group. He continues to contribute daily to national media outlets including the Irish Times, RTE, the Irish Independent, Irish Sun, Irish Mirror, Irish Star, the Daily Mail and the Examiner.

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