Roadteam Logistic Solutions loses appeal over €1m safety fine

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Roadteam Logistic Solutions lost its appeal against a €1 million health and safety fine at the Court of Appeal on 18 February 2016. The company had pleaded guilty after inadequately secured steel coils caused a fatal road accident near Thomastown, Co Kilkenny, on 19 July 2007.

The court held that the fine was just and proportionate to the omissions and harm caused. Two motorists, Mary Lonergan and Vanessa McGarry, were killed, while four others were injured; the company had no previous health and safety convictions and had improved its standards since the accident.