A young man who fell ill at a house party in Waterford last month has died.

A 19-YEAR-OLD man arrested on Tuesday in connection with a drugs find in Waterford city last Sunday was yesterday released without charge.

COCAINE parties in “session houses” around Waterford are a weekly occurrence, it was claimed yesterday, as two local men continued to fight for their lives after taking ill at a party on Sunday morning.

A 25-year-old man will appear in court tomorrow after a house party ended in panic with more than a dozen people hospitalised.

A 25-YEAR-OLD man who was arrested on Sunday night in connection with the Waterford investigation is still being held at Tramore Garda Station. He can be questioned for up to seven days, under the Misuse of Drugs Act.

Gardaí in Waterford say no toxic substance has been detected in the white powder recovered from a house where 15 people fell ill during a party early yesterday morning.

Two men remain critically ill in hospital this morning after they consumed an unknown drug at a house party in Waterford early yesterday.

Twelve people have been released from hospital in Waterford, where they were being treated after falling ill at a house party last night.

Toxicology tests are being carried out on a white substance which Gardaí discovered at a house in Waterford after a number of people fell ill following a party last night.