Man died after taking 15 ecstasy tablets

Sean O’Riordan

An inquest heard yesterday that James O’Donovan started popping the tablets despite a friend’s advice at the party, which started just before midnight on November 19 last at a house in Carrignafoy, Cobh.

A number of people, including Mr O’Donovan, from 3 Springfield Park, Cobh, attended the party. One of them, Alan Moran, described how his friend “started lashing down yokes (ecstasy tablets)”.