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30/01/2013
HSA Investigate Wall Collapse That Killed Two
The Health and Safety Authority have launched an investigation into the deaths of two men at a Longford DIY store.
Two customers died at the Connacht Gold DIY and Garden Centre when a 9m high internal wall collapsed on Tuesday afternoon.
Staff at the store will be interviewed as part of the investigation into how the concrete block internal wall came down in a matter of seconds.
On Tuesday evening a woman who was in the store and witnessed the accident told RTÉ News she had been first alerted by the sound of heavy gusts of wind entering the building from large open doors at the back before she saw the wall shaking and then collapsing.
The two men have been named locally as Sean Mulleady, 47, from Drumlish and Paddy Gaffney from Cloonshannagh, who was in his mid 60s.
A third person, who was working in the store at the time, remains in hospital after being seriously injured.
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Two customers died at the Connacht Gold DIY and Garden Centre when a 9m high internal wall collapsed on Tuesday afternoon.
Staff at the store will be interviewed as part of the investigation into how the concrete block internal wall came down in a matter of seconds.
On Tuesday evening a woman who was in the store and witnessed the accident told RTÉ News she had been first alerted by the sound of heavy gusts of wind entering the building from large open doors at the back before she saw the wall shaking and then collapsing.
The two men have been named locally as Sean Mulleady, 47, from Drumlish and Paddy Gaffney from Cloonshannagh, who was in his mid 60s.
A third person, who was working in the store at the time, remains in hospital after being seriously injured.
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