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.

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.