The two accidents at the plant, which produces Irish editions of The Sun, The Times, the News of the World and the Sunday Times, took place within two weeks of each other in 2002.

The first worker's leg was amputated after it became trapped in a roller on one of the firm's presses in April 2002. The second required a skin graft to his hand after it was caught in a roller as he cleared out a paper break.

The judge at Trim Circuit Criminal Court said that the company had shown a "cavalier" attitude towards health and safety, according to The Irish Times.

A spokesman for the company that said it "greatly regretted" the two accidents.