The sister of a teenager who paid with his life for the mistake of sniffing a designer drug yesterday challenged any suggestion the two men and a woman involved in the supply of a drug to a Cork party had shown genuine remorse.

"What kind of message are we sending out? We are essentially telling people that no matter what you do - selling drugs - you are going to get a suspended sentence."

By Liam Heylin

Three people will be sentenced tomorrow on different drug charges arising out an of investigation into the death, in Cork City last January, of a young man who had allegedly ingested a drug known as N-bomb.

Three people have been served with books of evidence arising out of the investigation into the death of a young man who allegedly ingested a drug known as N-bomb in Cork City in January.

A third person was arrested and charged yesterday arising out of the investigation into the death of a man who had allegedly ingested a drug known as N-bomb in Cork City in January.

Dublin’s “informal poet laureate” Paula Meehan has been named Ireland Professor of Poetry.

CONCERNS voiced by anglers and conservationists about pondweed — both the Canadian and African varieties — in some of our most famous lakes highlight the impact of many invasive, alien species in Ireland.