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Roadworks company fined €1.2m after father and two children died in lough
John Mullan, 49, six-year-old Amelia, and 14-year-old Tomás died in the crash
A roadworks company that pleaded guilty to health and safety breaches has been fined €1.2m at Letterkenny Circuit Criminal Court following the deaths of a man and two children.
Judge Roderick Maguire said three people had died due to the failures of Whitemountain Quarries Limited.
John Mullan, 49, his six-year-old daughter Amelia and his 14-year-old stepson Tomás - died after their car went off the road at Quigley's Point in County Donegal and plunged into Lough Foyle in August 2020.
John's wife, Geraldine Mullan, who survived the tragedy, said it was impossible to describe her pain and depth of loss in what was "a preventable road traffic accident".
The judge said the company had failed to manage roadworks which led to the deaths and they didn't protect the public.
He added that this was a tragic case involving a family of four wonderful people and that he must consider the devastation of those deaths on Geraldine Mullan, who had given her evidence to the court with "great dignity" after she suffered "unbridled grief and loss".
Whitemountain Quarries Limited, which is now part of the Breedon Group, had pleaded guilty to breaches of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 at the R238 Greenbank Project, Three Trees, Quigley's Point.
The CEO of Breedon Ireland, Declan Carr, said he wished to offer a clear and unequivocal apology.
"I know nothing I say can change your loss… we will carry the responsibility for it."