Drug toxicity killed young mother

THE case of a motherof one who collapsed in the kitchen of her home after taking cocaine with her boyfriend and uncle, was one of four inquests into drug-related deaths heard at Dublin County Coroner’s Court yesterday.

Martina Griffin, 20, of Glenfield Avenue, Quarryvale, Clondalkin, Dublin, was discovered lying unconscious on the kitchen floor of their home on the afternoon of March 1, 2007, by her partner Shane Barrett.

Mr Barrett, who had got up early that morning to look after the couple’s 11-month-old baby, told the court Ms Griffin, her uncle, Stephen Griffin, and he had shared a half an ounce of cocaine together the previous night when he returned home from the pub.