Carbon monoxide detectors save lives

I WAS grieved by the reports of the death of one woman, the serious injury of another woman and the injury of a number of other individuals as a result of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning in a Co Cork hotel.

There are a considerable number of cases of carbon monoxide poisoning in Ireland each year, all of which could be prevented by the presence of carbon monoxide detectors in inhabited buildings.

I lost my boyfriend, Alexis Landry, to carbon monoxide poisoning in November 2008. In his case, the gas was emitted by a faulty gas cooker, one of over 7,000 which have since been recalled by the manufacturer. To date, 20% of these faulty cookers have not been located, as the 2010 Report on the Gas Technical Standards Committee indicates.