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Person: Johnny Downey

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Teen who passed away after festival died from total organ failure due to ingestion of ecstasy and morphine
Teen who passed away after festival died from total organ failure due to ingestion of ecstasy and morphine

Jack Downey began to feel unwell at the festival on August 2 at around 4.30pm.

Thu, 20 Feb, 2020

Mother of teen who died after taking substance at festival to walk marathon to raise funds for CUH
Mother of teen who died after taking substance at festival to walk marathon to raise funds for CUH

The mother of teenager Jack Downey who died after he took a substance at the Indiependence Festival in Co Cork in August is to participate in the Tipperary Ladies Mini Marathon in order to raise funds for the intensive care unit (ICU) where her son died.

Tue, 10 Sep, 2019

Jack Downey's parents brought his friends in to see damage drugs can do
Jack Downey's parents brought his friends in to see damage drugs can do

"They all saw Jack tubed up and wired up. There was a shock factor," his father said. Jack died three days after taking what is believed to have been ecstasy/MDMA.

Sun, 18 Aug, 2019

'I am proud to call him my son': Parents pay tribute to Jack Downey as teen laid to rest
'I am proud to call him my son': Parents pay tribute to Jack Downey as teen laid to rest

Jack Downey, 19, of Ard Caoin in Clonmel passed away last Monday having been rushed to Cork University Hospital three days earlier after he fell ill.

Sat, 10 Aug, 2019

Crokes claim first Sevens title
Crokes claim first Sevens title

Kilmacud Crokes claimed the One Direct All-Ireland Senior Sevens Hurling title for the first time at Glenalbyn this evening.

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