Two men to be charged over Cookstown crush deaths

Two men will be charged with gross negligence manslaughter after a fatal St Patrick’s Day crush in Cookstown in County Tyrone.

But prosecutors say they’re not pursuing 9 other staff and 5 police officers initially suspected of contributing to the events.

17 year olds Morgan Barnard and Lauren Bullock, and 16-year-old Connor Currie died during a crush, as they queued to get into a disco at the Greenvale Hotel in 2019.

The company that ran the hotel will be charged over health and safety breaches.

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