Harney favours ‘corporate killing’ proposal

TÁNAISTE Mary Harney last night backed a proposal to jail company managers and directors for five years if convicted of ‘corporate killing’.

This proposed offence would, for the first time, make companies and senior managers personally responsible for recklessly causing the death of workers.

Over the past three years, 194 people have died in workplace accidents, but no company or individual has been successfully prosecuted for acting recklessly and causing any of these deaths.