Couple begin action over house ruined by gas leak

A COUPLE whose semi-detached home had to be demolished following a gas explosion in an adjoining house have begun an action for damages in the High Court.

The court was told that the scene after the blast was like that from a film depicting a bomb blast scene.

The case is being taken against five defendants by Thomas and Terry Lynch, a married couple with two children who resided at Cherrybrook Drive, Drogheda, Co Louth, at the time of the explosion on the afternoon of May 24, 2001.