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Friday, 6 March 2020 17:17

By Ellen Butler

He passed away earlier this week.

The man who died in a workplace accident in Laois earlier this week will be laid to rest tomorrow.

49 year old John Kilmartin from Kilcormac, Offaly was fatality injured while laying tarmac at a property in Ballickmoyler on Tuesday.

He's survived by his wife Mary and their four sons.

His funeral mass will take place at 12 noon on Saturday in the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Kilcormac.

Local councillor John Leahy says he was well-known in the area:

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