Radio controllers warned senior officers that Bray Fire Station’s bleeper system was failing and the problem could prove to be major, an inquest into the death of two firefighters heard.

A court has fined Wicklow County Council €355,000 plus legal costs of nearly €96,000 for criminal health and safety violations relating to a warehouse blaze in which two firefighters died.

A Bray fireman who pulled the second of two deceased colleagues out of a burning building said he still thinks about him opening his eyes.

Two alert calls to Greystones Fire Station by Bray Fire Station requesting assistance to deal with a fatal fire were not received, a trial has hea

FELLOW firefighters of the two men who perished in the Bray factory fire yesterday praised the commitment the men had given to the service.