Pharma firm got €15m pay-out after explosion

Insurers paid €15m to a Cork chemical company following an explosion at its plant four years ago, it emerged yesterday at the sentencing hearing in a health and safety case.

Judgment will be given on Tuesday against Corden Pharma Ltd, trading as Corden Pharmachem in a case where an explosion caused the death of one employee and serious injuries to another.

Judge Patrick J Moran asked on the second day of the sentencing hearing at Cork Circuit Criminal Court yesterday how much the company had received in its insurance claim as a result of the accident.