A building company has been fined €250,000 for breaching construction regulations which resulted in the collapse of wall at a Longford DIY store three years ago, killing two men and injuring two others.

A company director, his construction company and the biggest co-op in the west are all to stand trial after an internal wall at a DIY store collapsed, killing two men.

Health and safety officials were last night trying to establish what may have caused a 12m wall to collapse at a DIY and garden centre in Longford on Tuesday, killing two men and injuring four others.

Four people remain in hospital this morning following the collapse of a wall in a Longford DIY centre which killed two others.