Family's plea to shun alcohol falls on deaf ears after Chloe's death

The family of Limerick teenager Chloe Kinsella whose body was recovered from the River Shannon a week after she went missing say their appeal to young people to avoid alcohol has “fallen on deaf ears”.

Speaking after an inquest into her daughter’s death revealed the 15-year-old had toxic levels of alcohol in her system when she drowned, Shirley Kinsella said she wouldn’t wish any other family to suffer the same loss.

The mother of seven said she still can’t believe what happened to her teenage daughter: “I’m going through hell and back again and they [young people] are still drinking near my house. You are just wasting your time talking to them.