‘To anybody who takes chances with drugs: it’s not worth the risk. Say no’

“IT CAN and will happen to you, to me, to anybody who takes chances with drugs,” said Eric Doyle yesterday. “Don’t do it.”

‘To anybody who takes chances with drugs: it’s not worth the risk. Say no’

The stark message was delivered at the funeral in Waterford city of Eric’s 21-year-old brother, Kevin Doyle, whose life and great potential were cut short after his experiment with illicit drugs had tragic consequences.

A little more than 11 days after Kevin attended a party in Ballybeg to celebrate the 21st birthday of Mark Grey, the young Waterford man was laid to rest yesterday afternoon in a windswept Ballygunner cemetery, following funeral Mass in a packed St Mary’s Church.

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