UCC student drank lethal level of vodka during game

THE father of a 19-year- old student who died following a drinking game in which he consumed a lethal amount of vodka has paid a tearful tribute to his son.

An inquest heard how Gary Brian Murphy, aged 19, of Grantstown, Co Waterford, downed almost half a bottle of vodka in one slug for a dare at a party in his student flat in Cork city on December 6, 2009.

The UCC student was celebrating an inter-county hurling final win with friends.