Stonemasons died after safety cage plunged into Shannon, court hears

Two firms pleaded guilty to breaches of the Health and Safety at Work Act

Members of the O'Herlihy and Whelan families on their way to an inquiry into the two men's deaths. File picture: Brendan Gleeson

Two men plunged to their deaths in the River Shannon after a safety mechanism on a crane, which was holding a steel cage carrying the men, failed to operate, a court has heard.

Members of both men’s families left the court as video footage was played of the moment the steel cage plunged into the river.