RTÉ News reports on the death of Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes. On 25th November 2014, Hughes was hit in the neck by a bouncer, during a Sheffield Shield match at the Sydney Cricket Ground, causing a vertebral artery dissection that led to a subarachnoid hemorrhage. He never recovered and died two days later at St. Vincent's Hospital in Sydney, just three days short of his 26th birthday.

Following Hughes' death, calls were made for improvements to the cricket helmet, which has resulted in new designs having additional guards fitted to the rear of the helmet. In October 2016, a coronial inquest into Hughes' death began. The final result of investigation was that the death of Hughes was a tragic accident arising from a minuscule misjudgement from the batsman and no players or umpires were at fault.

R.I.P. Phillip Hughes (1988-2014)