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”.

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