Trial date over firemen deaths due by year-end

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

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has levelled four charges against the local authority over the deaths of Brian Murray and Mark O’Shaughnessy as they battled a fire at a disused factory on Adelaide Villas in the town almost four years ago.

Mr Murray, 46, and 26-year-old Mr O’Shaughnessy died when a roof collapsed on top of them.