GALWAY COMPANY FINED 3000 EURO AFTER SCAFFOLDING DEATH
Date Published: 24-Jan-2008
A Galway construction contractor has been fined 3,000 for not having safe scaffolding in place on a north Galway construction site when a plasterer fell to his death. Wheelmount Ltd, Corrib Hostel, Camp St, Oughterard pleaded guilty to two offences at Dunmore District Court this week. 52-year old married man Padraig Daly of Knockatee, Dunmore, was working as a plasterer on a construction site in Williamstown in November 2005 when he fell about 20 feet and died from his injuries.