{"id":909423,"date":"2026-09-29T05:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T05:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/909423\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T05:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T05:32:10","slug":"co-offaly-ireland-father-and-daughter-killed-in-devastating-workplace-incident-at-banagher-precast-concrete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/909423\/","title":{"rendered":"Co Offaly, Ireland: Father and daughter killed in devastating workplace incident at Banagher Precast Concrete"},"content":{"rendered":"

A father and daughter are being remembered by colleagues after they were both killed in a devastating work incident.<\/p>\n

The tragedy happened shortly before midday on September 28 at a concrete manufacturing facility in Ireland.<\/p>\n

Emergency services rushed to the site but the man in his 50s and his daughter, in her 20s, were pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n

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While the circumstances of their deaths have not been revealed, the Irish Independent<\/a> reported that it was believed the pair were preparing a concrete mould at the time of the incident.<\/p>\n

Their identities have not yet been revealed.<\/p>\n

It is believed the pair were from Romania but had been working at Banagher Precast Concrete in Co Offaly, Ireland, for several years.<\/p>\n

The two bodies were taken to a nearby hospital for post-mortem examinations.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Banagher Precast Concrete told local outlet RTE<\/a> that it was \u201ca devastating tragedy for everyone connected to (the) company\u201d.<\/p>\n

They thanked emergency services who attended the scene and did their best to help the father-daughter duo.<\/p>\n

The spokesperson called the tragedy \u201cunprecedented\u201d and said employees were \u201call in deep shock\u201d.<\/p>\n

The company said it was cooperating with a Health and Safety Authority investigation into the tragic incident.<\/p>\n

Local MP Tony McCormack told the Irish Independent that he believed a third family member worked at the company.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy thoughts are first and foremost with the families and loved ones of those who have lost their lives. I can only imagine the shock and heartbreak they are experiencing today,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He offered his condolences to the wider community and everyone impacted by the \u201cterrible tragedy\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople here in Banagher are great for rallying around families to look after them and to be able to do whatever they need in situations like this,\u201d Mr McCormack continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cSomething like this is not only felt in the workplace and in family, but it\u2019s felt right across the community.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A father and daughter are being remembered by colleagues after they were both killed in a devastating work…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":909424,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40,1720],"class_list":["post-909423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=909423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/909424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=909423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=909423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=909423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}