Plumber and firm on trial in hotel gas death

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.

Richard Davis from Ballygarvan, Co Cork, faces a charge of the manslaughter of Miriam Reidy, who had been attending a hen party in the Trident Hotel when she died in Jan 2011.

He is a director of Davis Plumbing and Heating Contractors Ltd, with an address at Marina Commercial Park, Centre Park Rd, Cork. The company, separately, was also sent forward for trial to the sittings of Cork Circuit Criminal Court, which begin on Oct 30.