A welder who carried out works at a disused factory in Bray shortly before it caught fire told an inquest there was “absolutely” no fire when he finished the job and he would go to his grave saying that.

Wicklow County Council is to discuss a motion of no confidence following the sentencing over the Bray firefighters' deaths.

The families of two firefighters who died while battling a blaze at a disused factory in Bray want the Wicklow county manager to give evidence at the inquests into their deaths.

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.

Wicklow Co Council has been fined €355,000 for criminal health and safety breaches relating to the deaths of two fire fighters.

Wicklow County Council is due to be sentenced today for criminal health and safety violations relating to the death of two fire fighters.

Wicklow County Council will be sentenced in October for health and safety violations relating to the death of two fire fighters.

A local authority in the east will be sentenced later for criminal health and safety breaches resulting in the deaths of two firefighters.

Wicklow County Council has expressed sincere regret for breaching safety legislation following a trial arising from the deaths of two fire fighters.

A fire-fighter has said that the new foam system they used to fight a blaze that killed two of his colleagues was not as good as water.

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.

A Bray fireman broke down a number of times in court while he described crawling through a fire to pull a deceased colleague out of a burning building.

A fire fighter for the Wicklow fire services has said fighting a fatal fire in Bray was like working on a time bomb and said it looked like a plane had crashed.

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

Wicklow County Council is due to go on trial next year over the deaths of two firefighters.

A COUNTY council was served with a book of evidence yesterday ahead of the trial into the deaths of two firemen in a blaze at a disused factory four years ago.

A COURT case against Wicklow County Council over the deaths of two firemen in Bray in 2007 is likely to be heard in December.

TRADE union officials will meet Wicklow County Council today for the first time since it emerged the local authority is likely to be prosecuted over the deaths of two firemen in Bray in September 2007.

THE families of two firefighters who died battling a blaze in Bray have expressed their disappointment that no one is likely to be prosecuted in connection with the incident.

A senior Wicklow County Council official was released from garda custody today after being arrested over a blaze which claimed the lives of two firefighters.

A senior Wicklow County Council official was arrested today over a fire which claimed the lives of two firefighters.

GARDAÍ yesterday raided the offices of Wicklow County Council as part of its probe into the deaths of two firefighters in Bray in 2007.

The offices of Wicklow County Council were raided today by gardaí investigating the deaths of two part-time firefighters.

Gardai have carried out searches at the offices of Wicklow County Council today, as part of the investigation into a fire which killed two firemen.

A senior fire officer arrested in connection with a blaze which claimed the lives of two of his men was released without charge today.

Detectives were tonight continuing to question a senior fire officer over his handling of a blaze which claimed the lives of two of his men.

A senior fire officer was arrested today for questioning over the handling of a fire which claimed the lives of two of his men.

An experienced firefighter killed on duty with his young colleague warned superiors weeks before they died of dangerous practices in the local fire service.

A woman arrested by gardaí investigating the deaths of two firemen killed battling a warehouse blaze has been released without charge.

A WOMAN in her 20s has been arrested in connection with the blaze that claimed the lives of two firemen in Bray last year.

A woman was arrested today in connection with a blaze which claimed the lives of two firefighters last year.

A man has been arrested in connection with the death of two firemen in Bray in Co. Wicklow last year.

Three heroic fire fighters killed in the worst tragedy to hit the service were today honoured in Dublin city.

A man in his 40s died in a house fire today.

THE families and friends of two Bray firefighters — killed while on duty last year — met with Taoiseach Bertie Ahern yesterday and demanded an independent inquiry into the emergency workers’ deaths.

The families of two firefighters killed battling a blaze at a disused factory will meet Taoiseach Bertie Ahern today to reiterate their call for an independent probe into the tragedy.

THE fire service in Bray is a “ticking timebomb” following the deaths of two firefighters last year, a Dáil committee heard yesterday.

The family of two firefighters killed battling a blaze at a disused factory have employed an international team of experts to probe the tragedy, it emerged today.

CRIMINAL prosecutions could be brought in the case of two firemen who died while battling a blaze in an old factory in Bray last September.

“I WILL never have the words to explain to you how it feels to have the person you build your life around taken from you so needlessly.”

THE widow of fireman Brian Murray who died in a factory fire in Bray, Co Wicklow, has claimed the local county council refused to pay his final call out fee.

FAMILIES of the Bray firefighters who lost their lives two weeks ago have organised a weekend march to protest against the lack of full-time fire services in towns throughout Ireland.

A NATIONAL fire authority needs to be urgently established and full-time fire service introduced in areas of high population, the Labour Party said last night.

AN INDEPENDENT investigation into the recent death of two part-time firefighters will be called for by the Labour Party today in a Dáil debate on the state of the country’s fire services.