Judge urges more facilities to help drug addicts

A judge has said that until a sufficient number of properly resourced facilities for drug addicts are put in place, more deaths like that suffered by James Sherlock will occur.

Judge urges more facilities to help drug addicts

The body of the 24-year-old double leg amputee was found on the grounds of Ennis Golf Club in August after dying of a suspected drug overdose.

Mr Sherlock was on bail awaiting sentence before Ennis Circuit Court for his conviction for setting fire to the Lakes Nursing Home in Killaloe in Aug 2010.

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