A "perfect storm" of factors relating to ventilation and unsealed ducting allowed poisonous gases to rise into a Co Cork hotel room where a woman died, the defence lawyer for a plumber on trial for manslaughter claimed yesterday.

Suppliers of a plumber on trial for a gas leak manslaughter charge confirmed yesterday that they advised the accused that converting a boiler, central to the case, was just a matter of changing a chip.

One of the owners of the hotel where a guest died of gas poisoning was challenged about deficiencies in the sealing of ducts, and why he did not raise it with the builder after the tragedy, and said he "saw no purpose in doing that, it was not going to bring back Miriam Reidy".

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.

A plumber on trial for manslaughter arising out of a gas leak at the Trident hotel in Kinsale, Co Cork, had told gardaí he had tested the boiler for possible leaks with a computerised testing device. But the accused later stated he had not done so.

Deadly carbon monoxide gases can mimic bugs such as the common cold or flu, a pathologist said yesterday.

Women attending a hen party in Kinsale who became ill in their rooms at the Trident Hotel thought at first that their drinks might have been spiked at the party but it transpired that carbon monoxide poisoning was the issue.

A plumber incorrectly converted a gas boiler leaving it spewing out lethal quantities of carbon monoxide causing the death of a woman staying at the Trident hotel in Kinsale in January 2011, it was claimed by the prosecution at the opening of a trial yesterday.

The Kinsale hen party that ended with the death of a woman by gas poisoning in a hotel room was recalled for a judge and jury yesterday as a plumber who adjusted the gas boiler days earlier went on trial for manslaughter.

A heating and plumbing contractor has gone on trial for the manslaughter of a 35-year-old woman who died from carbon monoxide poisoning in a hotel in west Cork three years ago.

A plumber and his firm were yesterday sent for trial on separate charges to a circuit criminal court following the carbon monoxide poisoning, 18 months ago, of a hotel guest in Kinsale, Co Cork.

A 44-year-old heating and plumbing contractor has been returned for trial on a charge of manslaughter following the death of a woman from carbon monoxide poisoning following a gas leak in a Co Cork hotel.

New charges were preferred yesterday against a plumbing and heating firm following the 2011 death of a hotel guest from acute carbon monoxide poisoning in Kinsale, Co Cork.

A plumber and heating contractor has appeared in court again, charged with the manslaughter of a woman who died from carbon monoxide poisoning following a gas leak in a Co Cork hotel.

A 44-year-old plumber has been charged with the manslaughter of a woman who died from acute carbon monoxide poisoning at a Co Cork hotel on Jan 9, 2011.

President Barack Obama told top bankers today to explore “every responsible way” to increase lending, saying they were obliged to help repair the US economy after being saved by the taxpayer-funded bailout.

You never know what you’re going to get from our angry fans and this week The Examiner’s football correspondent Liam Mackey listens to contributors comparing the Arsenal board to P.G. Wodehouse characters, express surprise that the Queen should be a Gooner (when we all thought she was Bayern Munich).

Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists and Christians make sense of great loss differently, writes Kenneth Woodward.

Brendan McGovern again shot to the top of the leaderboard after the Killester Travel pro-am tournament at Greenore, the curtain-raiser to the 36-holes PGA Challenge event there this week.

The Munster Maxsport Autocross Championship was won by 24-year-old Ballyvourney driver, Gerard Lucey, who finished the Cork Autocross in Grancore near Clonakilty in second place.

The penultimate round of the Maxsport Munster Autocross Championship in Clonakilty resulted in a