Plumber charged over Kinsale hotel death

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.

Richard Davis appeared before a sitting of Macroom District Court yesterday on charges that he unlawfully killed Miriam Reidy and twice breached the Safety, Health, and Welfare at Work Act 2005.

The 35-year-old woman, who was originally from Ballyhahill, Co Limerick, but who had an address in Tralee, Co Kerry, had been attending a hen party at the Trident Hotel, Kinsale.