Father of three died after falling on rocks while retrieving football during family holiday in west Cork, inquest hears

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Father of three died after falling on rocks while retrieving football during family holiday in west Cork, inquest hears
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Coroner extends his sympathies to family of David Latten after his death in 'such an unlucky occurrence' on Cape Clear

David Latten , from Clonakilty, was on a weekend break with his wife and their three children on Cape ClearA father of three died after suffering traumatic head injuries when he fell on rocks when going to retrieve a football during a family holiday on Cape Clear in west

Ms O’Keeffe told gardaí in a statement that her husband had been playing football with Finn on the campsite when the ball went over a fence and down some cliffs. He told his wife he was going to retrieve it as he passed a communal yurt where she was charging her phone at about 5pm. RNLI volunteer John Kearney said he was on Cape Clear when he heard that Mr Latten was missing and he launched his rigid inflatable boat at the North Harbour. In a statement, he said he made his way over to the South Harbour and began searching and at around 8.10pm. He found a man’s body face down in an inlet. He retrieved the body and brought Mr Latten back to the North Harbour, where he was pronounced dead.

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