The amount of alcohol in the system of a hotel guest who died of alcohol poisoning after downing a cocktail of spirits could have changed after death, a court heard.

TWO hotel workers charged with the manslaughter of a guest who died after a night of heavy drinking had received no specific training on potentially dangerous doses or amounts of alcohol, Nenagh Circuit Court heard yesterday.

The landmark trial of two bar staff accused of the manslaughter of a guest at Hayes Hotel in Co Tipperary has heard that both accused had no training on the potential dangers of fatal doses of alcohol.

A COCKTAIL of spirits which more than half filled a pint glass was served by hotel staff to a resident who had been drinking heavily for more than four hours, Nenagh Circuit Court was told.

A civil engineer who died from acute alcohol poisoning after downing a cocktail of shots had challenged friends to drinks races on nights before, a court was told.

TWO barmen at the Hayes Hotel in Thurles have become the first pub workers to be tried under new manslaughter laws after a customer celebrating his birthday drank so much he died of alcohol poisoning.

AN Englishman celebrating his birthday in a Thurles hotel downed between eight and 10 spirits in a half-pint glass faster than a work colleague drank a half-pint of lager, a court has heard.

A Tipperary court has heard that a hotel guest downed up to 10 shots of spirits in one glass for a party trick before he died from acute alcohol poisoning.

Two barmen have denied the manslaughter of a British man who died from acute alcohol intoxication almost three years ago.

Two barmen are due to go on trial for the manslaughter of a British man who died from acute alcohol intoxication.

Two barmen are due to go on trial tomorrow for the manslaughter of a British man who died from acute alcohol intoxication.

A LANDMARK prosecution which sees hotel barmen charged with manslaughter arising out of the death of a guest who died from acute alcohol intoxication was adjourned to May 3 at Nenagh Circuit Court.

THE trial of two barmen charged with the manslaughter of a man who died from alcohol intoxication has been adjourned.