Sere Holdings Ltd, which came eighth and last in the tender process, had brought a challenge over the awarding of the contract, but this was rejected by the High Court in 2023.

The Irish Coast Guard provided critical assistance to 537 people over 2024, preventing loss of life and/or delivering people to appropriate medical care.

The two men, aged in their 60s and 50s, sustained head and other injuries during the workplace accident, around lunchtime, at a farm at Aradgh, in west county Limerick.