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"I said to myself ‘We’re going into the water.’ So I took a deep breath."

Paul Murphy survived the freak accident that resulted in his two colleagues drowning.

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Sep 8th 2015, 11:32 AM

Funeral details confirmed for men who died in freak Limerick bridge accident

The men were named over the weekend as TJ O’Herlihy and Bryan Whelan.

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Aug 31st 2015, 11:45 PM

Two bridge workers die after cage falls into River Shannon in Limerick

Three men were working on Thomond Bridge at the time.

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Aug 29th 2015, 8:31 PM