Woman died from carbon monoxide poisoning

THE young woman who died in a Co Cork hotel room earlier this year while on weekend hen party died from acute carbon monoxide poisoning, it was confirmed yesterday.

Gardaí are still investigating 35-year-old Miriam Reidy’s death in Kinsale’s Trident Hotel on January 9, the Cork County Coroner, Frank O’Connell, was told.

The inquest into Ms Reidy’s death, which was opened in Bandon yesterday, heard evidence of identification and cause of death.