‘Stay away from drugs’ pleads priest at funeral

A priest appealed to young people to stay away from drugs as he prepared to bury a 22-year-old killed by a lethal batch of ecstasy-like pills.

Although gardaí are awaiting toxicology reports, they believe Oisin Crawford died at his friend’s flat in St Johnston, Co Donegal, from an overdose of a substance known as Double Cross or Double Black.

The HSE issued a warning about the substance after Oisin’s death three days ago and his friend Simon Lynch took ill.