Dead man’s alcohol level among highest ever recorded

ONE of the highest alcohol readings ever recorded in the history of the state was detected in the bloodstream of a man found dead in a public toilet in Drogheda, an inquest heard yesterday.

Louth county coroner Ronan Maguire said that the reading – 625mls per 100mgs of blood – was the highest “I have come across in my 14 years as coroner,” and is, he believes, “one of the highest ever recorded in the history of the state”.

The legal limit for driving is 80mls while anything over 250mls is potentially lethal, the coroner was told.