Scaffolding collapse ‘could have cost lives’

LIVES would have been lost if a scaffolding which became loose had collapsed in the centre of Dungarvan, gardaí said yesterday.

The main part of O’Connell Street was closed off when the four-storey high scaffolding being used in the demolition of a former bakery suddenly came loose on Wednesday night.

A number of residents were moved out of their homes as workers removed the scaffolding.