Plumber on trial over gas poisoning death at hotel

The Kinsale hen party that ended with the death of a woman by gas poisoning in a hotel room was recalled for a judge and jury yesterday as a plumber who adjusted the gas boiler days earlier went on trial for manslaughter.

The late Miriam Reidy, aged 35, from Ballyhahill, Co Limerick, was one of a group of 30 friends attending a hen party weekend for her cousin in Kinsale.

The main location was the White House, where most of the women stayed. But as there wasn’t room for everyone, some went to the Trident Hotel.