The jury in the trial of a plumber accused of the gas leak manslaughter of a young woman staying at the Trident hotel in Kinsale for a hen party almost four years ago deliberated throughout yesterday without reaching a verdict on any of the five charges.

The prosecution in the case against a plumber, on trial for manslaughter arising out of a gas leak in a Co Cork hotel, said if the accused had not been criminally negligent in installing a boiler, nobody would have died.

A plumber on trial for manslaughter arising out of a gas leak at the Trident Hotel in Kinsale told gardaí after the deaths: "I am sick to my stomach that it happened.

The High Court has appointed an interim examiner to a heating and plumbing supplier which employs 16 people.

The North's Executive was challenged today to bring about a sea change in how manufacturing was supported, promoted and partnered.