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WICKLOW COUNTY COUNCIL has pleaded guilty to three out of four charges related to the death of two firefighters in Bray six years ago in court this morning.
The council faced four charges under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 related to the deaths of Mark O’Shaughnessy, 26, and Brian Murray, 46, when the roof of a disused building collapsed on them as they were tackling a blaze in a disused building in September 2007.
The charges, brought by the Health and Safety Authority, related to the the council’s faiure to ensure the safety of the firefighters which resulted in injury to them, the safety of the equipment they used, a lack of proper risk assessment and a lack of training.
It is understood that the other outstanding charge has been dropped. The council pleaded not guilty to all four charges at an earlier sitting of Dublin Circuit Criminal Court earlier this month.
Had it been found guilty of all four charges it would have faced a total fine of up to €12 million. It is understood that sentencing will be on 30 July.
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Where are all the hysterical pundits who claimed the world was on fire, when we had a few nice days last Summer?
@west awake: they’re waiting in the side lines to announce the ever selective climate “change” hysteria. You know that change thing that only effects summers (not winters funnily enough). Yet still does not effect summer berries etc arriving on cue every year too.
Instead of trying to investigate the why and the how of these forest fires they just cackle a cult like tune of “it’s man made climate change” in unison. If you challenge their so called science (new age version) you are called a trump fan or something (like juvenile toddlers)
Them ?
@west awake: what about the unusual heatwave in Asia where they are facing the highest recorded temperatures in history for a month of April or what about the severe droughts faced by the likes of Morocco? Maybe that is where these pundits are, informing themselves.
@ForrestG45: @ForrestG45: yeah it’s always warm in those places. Natural climate. However ….. add exaggerated temperature testing and a big dose of hysterical reporting / media propaganda (George Lee anyone ?) and hey presto we have “climate change” narrative for naive people to latch onto.
@west awake: If you don’t want to get it then you’re never gonna get it.
@ForrestG45: What about them? The weather is always varied.
@ForrestG45: Droughts in Morocco!? My god, we’re doomed!
Denyers be denying. I love these chats re the weather though. It shows how far we’ve all come. Moore’s Almanac said it best when it said… there’ll always be weather, whether or not we weather it. Ok I made that up.
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