A shipping company whose breach of health and safety laws resulted in the death of an experienced welder has been fined €850,000.
James Byrne was killed instantly on June 6, 2018 when a six-metre steel column fell on him shortly after he had been using a blowtorch to separate it from a larger metal structure.
An investigation was carried out by the Health and Safety Authority (HSA), which then brought charges against the Doyle Shipping Group Un-limited, with an address at Ocean Pier, Alexandra Road, Dublin 1.
The company pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to failing to manage work activities, specifically the dismantling of a steel hopper at the McKearns Yard, at Ocean Pier, in a way to ensure the safety and health of employees, as a consequence of which Mr Byrne suffered personal injury and died.