I WAS grieved to read that an inquest into the deaths of two elderly women in Co Donegal in September 2009 revealed the deaths were most likely caused by a defect in a Beko Flavel model gas cooker.

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.