Two investigations are underway into a plane crash in Co Longford that claimed the life of a man in his forties.

William Hillick from Mullingar in Co Westmeath died when his single-seater aircraft came down at the Abbeyshrule Aerodrome at around 6 o'clock yesterday evening.

Both the Gardaí and the Aviation Authority are trying to piece together what happened.

The tragedy comes almost a year after a helicopter crashed into the side of a pub near the village of Abbeyshrule.

Susan Keogh has been speaking to journalist with the Longford Leader newspaper Patrick Conboy: