Enquiries are being made in relation to an incident on a farm in Northern Ireland, in which a ‘much loved father of three’ tragically died.

Noel Boyd died on August 7 in Broughshane, Co Antrim as a result of a ‘farm accident’, according to a death notice by DJM Robinson and Son Funeral Directors.

The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) has confirmed that it is investigating the circumstances of the incident.

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Northern Irish police service has also confirmed that it “attended the scene of a sudden death of a man in the Lisnamurrikan Road in Broughshane on Wednesday August 7.

The incident marks the third death on a Northern Irish farm in the last four weeks alone.

It comes after a man died ‘tragically’ on his farm in Co Tyrone on July 20.

Before this, a man died following an incident on a farm in Co Armagh, on July 26.

According to figures published last month, during the 2023/2024 period, there were seven farm-related workplace fatalities in Northern Ireland.

Across the UK as a whole, there were 34 deaths on farms, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said.