VIDEO: Shannon bridge deaths ‘heartbreaking’

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

VIDEO: Shannon bridge deaths ‘heartbreaking’
Mon, 31 Aug, 2015 - 01:00
Kathryn Hayes

TJ Herlihy, aged 36, from Castleisland, Co Kerry, and Brian Whelan, aged 29, from O’Briens Bridge, Co Clare, were killed after a cage-like structure they were working on collapsed into the River Shannon at Thomond Bridge in Limerick.

Video: PRESS 22

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