Update: 6.30pm The man has been named locally as Patrick McCaffrey.

Earlier: Two investigations are underway into the death of a man in Co Sligo yesterday.

It happened at a wind farm at Glen in Ballyfarnane at about 6.30pm yesterday.

It is understood a landslide occurred at the scene, and the man fell down an embankment.

He is understood to have been working with a colleague with a machine at the time.

The man is reported to have been 37 and married.

He was pronounced dead at the scene. His body has been taken to Sligo General Hospital for a post mortem.

Gardaí and the Health and Safety Authority are investigating.