Thomond Bridge survivor feared he would not live to see baby

“There were a few moments on Saturday when I thought I would never see my unborn child.”

Thomond Bridge survivor feared he would not live to see baby
Tue, 01 Sep, 2015 - 01:00
Jimmy Woulfe, Mid-West Correspondent

Paul Murphy yesterday recalled the horror of the accident at Thomond Bridge in Limerick on Saturday which claimed the lives of his two workmates.

TJ Herlihy, 36, from Castleisland, Co Kerry and Brian Whelan, 29, from O’Briensbridge, Co Clare drowned when they got trapped in a cage which crashed into the Shannon after a cable suspending it from a crane snapped.

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