Party-goers died from lethal drugs combination

GARDAÍ believe a lethal combination of drugs such as heroin, methadone and Xanax caused the death of two men in their 30s in Cork city.

Gardaí believe they have identified all the other people who attended a party at a flats complex in Cork city where the two men, John Foley and John O’Donoghue, had taken the cocktail of drugs.

Gardaí say that, as the other people had not fallen ill, it is unlikely the drugs were contaminated, and believe the combination of what the two men had taken, probably with alcohol, was likely to have led to their deaths. It could take up to 10 weeks before the full results of toxicology tests are available.