Health alert for Holly after heroin syringe find

A young Limerick girl is undergoing heavy medical treatment after her finger was pricked by a heroin syringe, when she fell on a pile of rubbish near her home.

Health alert for Holly after heroin syringe find

Holly Sheehy, 9, was playing in a laneway at King’s Island in the city when she fell off her scooter into rubbish which contained a used needle.

On running home, she alerted her mother, Irene, who brought Holly to the Mid-West Regional Hospital.

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