Duct probe ‘would not bring her back’

One of the owners of the hotel where a guest died of gas poisoning was challenged about deficiencies in the sealing of ducts, and why he did not raise it with the builder after the tragedy, and said he "saw no purpose in doing that, it was not going to bring back Miriam Reidy".

Michael O’Higgins SC, who represents Richard Davis, the plumber accused of manslaughter arising out of the carbon monoxide poisoning, cross-examined David Good of the Trident Hotel in Kinsale at Cork Circuit Criminal Court yesterday. “When did you learn the ducts has not been fireproofed?” Mr O’Higgins asked.

Mr Good replied: “A forensic engineer, Tony O’Keefe, employed by the hotel afterwards, told us that.”