The company that employed two workers who drowned in a tragic accident on the River Shannon on Saturday has described their deaths as “heartbreaking”.

The family of Bryan Whelan, who died in a freak incident on the River Shannon last Saturday, has paid him an emotional tribute.

Tributes have been paid to the victims of a freak incident on the River Shannon yesterday in which two men lost their lives.

Two men have been killed in a tragic accident on the River Shannon this evening.

Eight anti-suicide messages of hope were beamed out over the River Shannon in Limerick tonight as part of a project to try to cut the numbers of people taking their own lives on the river.